Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 31 DEC 1995 |
| Time: | 12:25 EST |
| Type: | Cessna 550 Citation II |
| Operator: | Moran Foods, Inc. |
| Registration: | N91MJ |
| C/n / msn: | 550-0101 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6025 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT15D-4 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 9 km N of Marco Island Airport, FL (MRK) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Saint Louis-Bi-State Parks Airport, MO (CPS), United States of America |
| Marco Island Airport, FL (MRK), United States of America |
The pilot's disregard for the MDA for a specific segment of the VOR/DME approach to runway 17 at the Marco Island Airport resulted in the inflight collision with a guy wire of an antenna and separation of 8.5 feet of the left wing. Crashed left wing low.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's disregard for the MDA for a specific segment of the VOR/DME approach which resulted in the inflight collision with a guy wire of an antenna and separation of 8.5 feet of the left wing. " Sources:
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Distance from Saint Louis-Bi-State Parks Airport, MO to Marco Island Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1597 km (998 miles).
Distance from Saint Louis-Bi-State Parks Airport, MO to Marco Island Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1597 km (998 miles).
