Narrative:
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."
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 9 December 1999 |
| Time: | 15:12 |
| Type: |  Cessna 525 CitationJet |
| Operator: | College of the Ozarks |
| Registration: | N525KL |
| MSN: | 525-0136 |
| First flight: | 1996 |
| 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 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft 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/KPLK), 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:
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."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Insufficient rest / fatigueControlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
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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).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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).
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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