Wellston Crash Report Quote

EDR wrote in message
He stalled it because he flew into icing conditions and iced up.
AFSS's are so widely located the the local weather the smaller local
FSS's would gather provided filled in the gaps.

Hey - the NTSB sure could have used your help. They completely missed
the icing factor. In fact, the NTSB said that ICING WAS NOT A FACTOR.

Sometimes it helps to read what the NTSB actually says. From their
press release dated 18 November 2003:

The Board judged that while cloud cover might have prevented the
flight crew from seeing the airport, icing did not affect the
airplane's performance during the descent. Cockpit instrument readings
on course alignment and airspeed should have prompted the flight crew
to execute a go-around.

Instead, as others have said, the pilot just stalled the plane. In
short, it was just poor flying. Again, from the press release:

"During the later stages of the approach," the Board said, the flight
crew "failed to monitor the airplane's airspeed and allowed it to
decrease to a dangerously low level (as low as about 50 knots below
the company's recommended approach speed) and to remain below the
recommended approach speed for about 50 seconds." The airplane then
entered a stall from which it did not recover.

50 knots off the approach speed??? I don't think that even meets the
private pilot PTS standards.

So, now maybe you can clarify your point by explaining how the closure
of FSS resulted in this pilot not being able to fly the proper
approach speed.