| Date: | Monday 2 October 1989 |
| Time: | 22:07 |
| Type: |  Cessna 550 Citation II |
| Owner/operator: | GTE South |
| Registration: | N53CC |
| MSN: | 550-0400 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5111 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km SW of Roxboro/Person County Airport, NC (TDF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Tampa International Airport, FL (TPA/KTPA) |
| Roxboro/Person County Airport, NC (TDF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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."
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