ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36537
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1999 |
| Time: | 06:05 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31P Pressurized Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Merline Nix |
| Registration: | N100EE |
| MSN: | 31P-7530003 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIGO-541-E1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1.8 nm from Louisville Winston County Airport, Louisville, Mississippi -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tupelo, MS (KTUP) |
| (KLMS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot received a weather briefing before departure and when near the destination airport, cleared for the NDB approach. The pilot reported the procedure turn inbound; published MDA is 1,300 feet msl. Witnesses on the airport reported heavy low fog and heard the pilot announce over the UNICOM frequency, 'Oh there is fog rolling into Starkville too?' One of the witnesses advised the pilot they could go to another airport due to the fog; the pilot responded he would execute the approach. The witnesses heard the engines operating at full power then heard the impact and saw a fireball. The airplane impacted the runway inverted, slid across the runway, and came to rest in grass off the runway. A postcrash fire destroyed the airplane. Tree contact approximately 972 feet northwest of the runway impact location separated approximately 51 inches of the left wing. Examination of the engines, propellers, and flight controls revealed no evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction. The pilot had twice failed his airline transport pilot checkride. The designated examiner of the second failed flight test indicated the pilot was marginal in all flight operations. The NDB was checked after the accident; no discrepancies were noted.
Probable Cause: The pilot's disregard for the published minimum descent altitude resulting in tree contact and separation of 51 inches of the left wing. Findings in the investigation were the pilot's two failures of the ATP checkride in a multiengine airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA99FA269
FAA register: NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X19825&key=1
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=100EE
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Jun-2015 18:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2015 18:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 25-Jun-2015 18:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 16-Oct-2017 13:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2017 09:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2024 17:38 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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