Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | jeudi 14 janvier 1999 |
Heure: | 09:18 |
Type/Sous-type: | Beechcraft 300 Super King Air |
Compagnie: | USA Healthcare-Leasing |
Immatriculation: | N780BF |
Numéro de série: | FA-70 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1986 |
Heures de vol: | 7687 |
Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A |
Equipage: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 1 |
Passagers: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 1 |
Total: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | Cullman, AL ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
Nature: | Convoyage |
Aéroport de départ: | Greenville Downtown Airport, SC (GMU/KGMU), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Aéroport de destination: | Cullman-Folsom Field Airport, AL, Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Détails:A Beechcraft 300 Super King Air, N780BF, collided with the ground following a missed approach to Folsom Field in Cullman, Alabama. The pilot and passenger sustained fatal injuries and the airplane was destroyed.
USA Healthcare-Leasing had recently purchased the airplane. It had been purchased for the purpose of entering in into service as an executive/corporate airplane. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. However, the pilot filed an IFR flight plan using a reserved registration number N66FB, and type of aircraft as a BE-200. The purpose of the flight was to reposition the newly purchased airplane to Folsom Field for the new owner, USA Healthcare. The airplane departed Greenville Downtown Airport, SC (GMU).
The airplane descended to 2,600 feet to the NDB, and initiated the approach upon crossing the NDB. As the airplane descended below 1,500 feet MSL, Huntsville lost radar contact. The next communication with the airplane was when the pilot radioed that he was initiating the missed approach. The published missed approach procedure is, 'Climbing lift turn to 2,700 direct CPP NDB and hold.' The airplane made a series of turns within the next one minute and 24 seconds. Additionally, the airplane's altitude varied but it never climbed above the altitude of 1,700 feet. The airplane wreckage was located approximately 3.5 miles north of the airport on a 345 degree heading on the opposite side of the outbound course to the NDB.
A review of pilot records did not show the pilot having any fixed wing airplane experience.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to adhere to the missed approach procedure resulting in a collision with terrain. Contributing factors were fog and the rotorcraft rated pilot's lack of fixed wing certification/experience."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years | Accident number: | ATL99FA044 | Download report: | Summary report
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Sources:
» NTSB
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Greenville Downtown Airport, SC et Cullman-Folsom Field Airport, AL est de 415 km (259 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.