Narrative:
Descended below MDA on a nighttime runway 06 NDB approach. The Citation hit trees and crashed 2,5 miles SW of the runway threshold. The elevation of the crash site was 600 feet msl, at a point where the MDA was 1160 feet msl.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Impairment of the pilot-in-command due to drugs/medication, chemotherapy and fatigue; failure of the pic to assure that the IFR (instrument) approach procedure was followed; and his failure to maintain the minimum descent altitude (MDA). Inadequate surveillance of the operation by company/operator/management personnel was a related factor."
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Monday 2 October 1989 |
| Time: | 22:07 |
| Type: |  Cessna 550 Citation II |
| Operator: | GTE South |
| Registration: | N53CC |
| MSN: | 550-0400 |
| First flight: | 1983 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5111 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 4 km (2.5 mls) SW of Roxboro/Person County Airport, NC (TDF) ( United States of America)
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| Crash site elevation: | 183 m (600 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Tampa International Airport, FL (TPA/KTPA), United States of America |
| Roxboro/Person County Airport, NC (TDF), United States of America |
Descended below MDA on a nighttime runway 06 NDB approach. The Citation hit trees and crashed 2,5 miles SW of the runway threshold. The elevation of the crash site was 600 feet msl, at a point where the MDA was 1160 feet msl.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Impairment of the pilot-in-command due to drugs/medication, chemotherapy and fatigue; failure of the pic to assure that the IFR (instrument) approach procedure was followed; and his failure to maintain the minimum descent altitude (MDA). Inadequate surveillance of the operation by company/operator/management personnel was a related factor."
Classification:
Flightcrew member's alcohol, drug usage Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
Sources:
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Map
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Distance from Tampa International Airport, FL to Roxboro/Person County Airport, NC as the crow flies is 976 km (610 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Tampa International Airport, FL to Roxboro/Person County Airport, NC as the crow flies is 976 km (610 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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