ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323339
| Date: | Thursday 8 February 2001 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Type: |  Swearingen SA227-AT Merlin IVC |
| Owner/operator: | Northern Illinois Flight Center |
| Registration: | N318DH |
| MSN: | AT-469 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7207 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-11U-611G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beaver Island Airport, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW) |
| Beaver Island Airport, MI (KSJX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
N318DH departed Chicago-Midway around 17:00 CST for an IFR flight to Beaver Island. The aircraft had been cleared for the NDB or GPS runway 27 instrument approach to Beaver Island Airport when it impacted trees and terrain 1.74 miles and 226 degrees magnetic from the airport.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flightcrew not maintaining altitude/clearance during the circling instrument approach. Factors were the pilot in command initiating the flight without proper weather reporting facilities at the destination, the flightcrew not flying to an alternate destination, the flightcrew not following company and FAA procedures/directives, the lack of certification of the second pilot, the operator not following company and FAA procedures/directives, and the dark night and the low ceiling."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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