Accidents
Final Report: Evidence of icing found on Conquest
Cessna 425 Conquest I, Belgrade, Mont., Nov.

Cessna 425 Conquest I, Belgrade, Mont., Nov. 29, 2005–The NTSB blamed the accident on the pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Factors were dark night conditions, clouds, icing conditions, low visibility and snow. The pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed when it crashed 2.8 nm northeast of Gallatin Field Airport (BZN).

The airplane hit the ground in a vertical descent and flat attitude; it came to rest upright on its fuselage and wings. Mixed ice was found on the leading edges of both wings. Pilots making the same approach before the accident reported mixed icing during descent and final approach.

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