Aircraft Crashes Record Office
Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques

Accident description
   
     
Date & Time
 
01JAN2005 at 1120LT
Type of Aircraft
 
Operator
 
Jet Services
Registration
 
N35403
Location
 
Ainsworth
   
Flight number
   
Schedule
 
Reading - Ainsworth
 
Construction number
 
551-0029
Year of manufacture
 
1980
     
Crew on board
 
1
Pax on board
 
5
Crew fatalities
 
0
Pax fatalities
 
0
Other fatalities
 
0
Total fatalities
 
0

Circumstances
   
 
The aircraft was carrying 5 passengers and a pilot from Reading (Pennsylvania) to Ainsworth, Nebraska. While descending to 4,000 feet, the airplane encountered ice and descended out of IMC between 300 and 400 feet. On final approach, the aircraft touch the ground near runway 17 threshold, bounced and eventually came to rest 700 feet further on a parallel access road. Only two passengers reported minor injuries. The aircraft was written off. It seems that the windshield was obscured by ice during descent, reducing pilot's visibility.

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