ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326395
Date: | Wednesday 11 January 1989 |
Time: | 07:28 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
Owner/operator: | Atlantic Aero |
Registration: | N9330B |
MSN: | 208B0053 |
Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
Total airframe hrs: | 896 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Rockingham County/Shiloh Airport, NC -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Roanoke Municipal Airport, VA (ROA/KROA) |
Destination airport: | Greensboro/High Point-Piedmont Triad International Airport, NC (GSO/KGSO) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot had to divert from Greensboro (GSO) to the Rockingham County/Shiloh Airport because of below-minima weather at the destination. He tried to carry out a visual approach to runway 31 in conditions of patchy fog. The aircraft struck trees and crashed during a go-around.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper IFR procedure by the pilot and his failure to maintain the minimum descent altitude (MDA). Contributing factors were: low ceiling, fog, delayed missed approach by the pilot, and trees."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL89FA071 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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