Static ports frozen over, small transport lands short of runway threshold.

Attributes
ACN	234621
Time
Date	199302
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ael
State Reference	MN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	approach : straight in
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	234621
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The airplane was washed at the owatonna airport the night before takeoff. The plane was pulled out of the hangar and fueled 2 hours before the flight. The temperature was 5 degrees below 0 F. The plane was being flown to ael (a flight of approximately 10 mins) to pick up passenger. The static ports had frozen over and the airspeed registered 20-30 KTS faster than it should. When the power was reduced on short final the airplane settled into deep snow about 100 ft. Short of the runway. There were no injuries, but the airplane was badly damaged. I believe that all airplanes should be required to have a heated pitot system by heated static ports and it should be required that they be used when the temperature is below 32 degrees F.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: STATIC PORTS FROZEN OVER, SMT LANDS SHORT OF RWY THRESHOLD.

Narrative: THE AIRPLANE WAS WASHED AT THE OWATONNA ARPT THE NIGHT BEFORE TKOF. THE PLANE WAS PULLED OUT OF THE HANGAR AND FUELED 2 HRS BEFORE THE FLT. THE TEMP WAS 5 DEGS BELOW 0 F. THE PLANE WAS BEING FLOWN TO AEL (A FLT OF APPROX 10 MINS) TO PICK UP PAX. THE STATIC PORTS HAD FROZEN OVER AND THE AIRSPD REGISTERED 20-30 KTS FASTER THAN IT SHOULD. WHEN THE PWR WAS REDUCED ON SHORT FINAL THE AIRPLANE SETTLED INTO DEEP SNOW ABOUT 100 FT. SHORT OF THE RWY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT THE AIRPLANE WAS BADLY DAMAGED. I BELIEVE THAT ALL AIRPLANES SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A HEATED PITOT SYS BY HEATED STATIC PORTS AND IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED THAT THEY BE USED WHEN THE TEMP IS BELOW 32 DEGS F.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.