Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 09 DEC 1999 |
| Time: | 15:12 CST |
| Type: | Cessna 525 CitationJet |
| Operator: | College of the Ozarks |
| Registration: | N525KL |
| C/n / msn: | 525-0136 |
| First flight: | |
| Total airframe hrs: | 783 |
| Engines: | 2 Williams International FJ44-1A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5,6 km (3.5 mls) W of Branson/Point Lookout-M Graham Clark Airport, MO (PLK) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL), United States of America |
| Branson/Point Lookout-M Graham Clark Airport, MO (PLK), United States of America |
Descended below the minimum altitude and impacted the side of a wooded hill during a GPS runway 11 straight in approach to Point Lookout.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot descended below the minimum altitude for the segment of the GPS approach. Factors relating to the accident were low ceilings, rain, and pilot fatigue." Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO to Branson/Point Lookout-M Graham Clark Airport, MO as the crow flies is 343 km (214 miles).
Distance from Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO to Branson/Point Lookout-M Graham Clark Airport, MO as the crow flies is 343 km (214 miles).
