ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323200
| Date: | Tuesday 16 October 2001 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia |
| Owner/operator: | ACE Air Cargo |
| Registration: | N120AX |
| MSN: | 120164 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 26295 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5,8 km S of Bethel Airport, AK (BET) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) |
| Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The crew were cleared for the localizer DME back course approach to runway 36 at Bethel, AK. The airplane collided with the ground on the 186 degree radial from the Bethel VOR. Weather two minutes after the accident included: Wind, 060 degrees (true) at 22 knots, gusts to 28 knots; visibility, 1 statute mile in light snow and mist; clouds and sky condition, 800 feet broken, 3,500 feet overcast; temperature, 25 degrees F; dew point, 22 degrees F; altimeter, 29.21 inHg.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's continued descent below the minimum descent altitude which resulted in impact with terrain during an instrument landing approach. Factors contributing to the accident were the flightcrew's failure to reset the altimeters to the correct altimeter setting, and meteorological conditions consisting of snow obscuration that limited visibility, and the ambient night light conditions."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB Id. ANC02LA002
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