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Old 14th December 2000 | 19:50
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BE-76 Wife and I off to have pleasant W/E. N67(wingsfield, Philadelphia) - NIA (Niagra falls) nightime middle of winter. No heating. Unforcast icing, full power to maintain height, still decending!. Divert to ELZ(Wellsville-only airport we could make) 40 knot X-wind, uncontrolled field, closed. localiser approach on minimums.

Turned on the lights (airport) yippee. Turned on the lights (aircraft) nothing! (covered in ice, landing lights and windscreen). Realised the snow hadn't been cleared 5" deep eek. On touchdown upwind wheel digs in, a/c yaws! landing happened sideways (fortunately mains didn't collapse). X-wind weathercocks a/c further.

On shutting down engines a BIG sigh of relief echos out.

In the pitch black I walk off the wing to the step and fall onto my arse (a/c step covered in ice) very painfully for weeks.

Live and Learn.

Rescued 1/2 hour later by a local Pittsburg Approach rang him out of bed! We said our thanks to all and hired the biggest, warmest car we could. We drove the remaining distance.