
Détails:
Cessna N1122Y departed runway 01 at Elizabeth City (ECG) about 00:30 and climbed to an altitude of 3000 feet. The pilot received vectors for a Manteo-Dare County Regional Airport (MEO) runway 05 NDB approach. At 00:43, the controller cleared the pilot for the NDB runway 05 approach and to maintain 2,000 feet until the flight crossed the beacon outbound. Last radio contact was when the pilot reported doing the procedure turn inbound. The pilot descended below the minimum descent altitude (640 feet agl). The airplane crashed in about 15 feet (4,50 m) of water in Croatan Sound.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's continued descent below the minimum descent altitude, for undetermined reasons, while performing a NDB approach, resulting in the airplane crashing into water 1.5 miles from the airport. A factor in the accident was a cloud ceiling below the minimum descent altitude and low visibility."
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | mercredi 25 décembre 2002 |
| Heure: | 01:00 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
| Compagnie: | Telford Aviation |
| Immatriculation: | N1122Y |
| Numéro de série: | 208B0392 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1994 |
| Heures de vol: | 5229 |
| Moteurs: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Equipage: | victimes: 1 / Ã bord: 1 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 1 / Ã bord: 1 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 2,4 km (1.5 milles) W de Manteo-Dare County Regional Airport, NC (MEO) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Convoyage |
| Aéroport de départ: | Elizabeth City Airport, NC (ECG/KECG), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Manteo-Dare County Regional Airport, NC (MEO/KMQI), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Cessna N1122Y departed runway 01 at Elizabeth City (ECG) about 00:30 and climbed to an altitude of 3000 feet. The pilot received vectors for a Manteo-Dare County Regional Airport (MEO) runway 05 NDB approach. At 00:43, the controller cleared the pilot for the NDB runway 05 approach and to maintain 2,000 feet until the flight crossed the beacon outbound. Last radio contact was when the pilot reported doing the procedure turn inbound. The pilot descended below the minimum descent altitude (640 feet agl). The airplane crashed in about 15 feet (4,50 m) of water in Croatan Sound.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's continued descent below the minimum descent altitude, for undetermined reasons, while performing a NDB approach, resulting in the airplane crashing into water 1.5 miles from the airport. A factor in the accident was a cloud ceiling below the minimum descent altitude and low visibility."
Accident investigation:

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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 Elizabeth City Airport, NC et Manteo-Dare County Regional Airport, NC est de 57 km (36 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
La distance entre Elizabeth City Airport, NC et Manteo-Dare County Regional Airport, NC est de 57 km (36 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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