Accidents
NTSB Notes Icing Issues in Phenom 100 Crash
The Phenom 100 crashed short of the runway in Gaithersburg, Md., on Dec. 8, 2014.

The NTSB has released factual information for the crash of a Phenom 100 in Gaithersburg, Md., on Dec. 8, 2014, and some of the data points to the likelihood of icing conditions and the fact that the airplane’s anti-icing equipment was not switched on at the time of the accident. The pilot and two passengers (one was sitting in the right front seat) flew from Chapel Hill, N.C., to Montgomery Country Airport (GAI), where the weather conditions were: wind 040 degrees at six knots, visibility 10 statute miles, few clouds at 2,100 feet agl, overcast ceiling at 3,200 feet agl, temperature -1 degree C and dewpoint -8 degrees C. 


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