ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36871
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| Date: | Thursday 24 February 2000 |
| Time: | 11:03 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7736R |
| MSN: | TC-1173 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520E2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Moorhead, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Boone, IA (BNW) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The twin engine airplane was destroyed on impact with level terrain while executing a missed approach. During a VOR-A approach, the pilot descended 400 feet below the minimum descent altitude and the air traffic controller advised him to check altitude. After declaring a missed approach, ATC issued, and the pilot acknowledged, two vectors, after which radar and radio contact were lost. At one point, the pilot is advised and acknowledged that the runway visual range at a nearby airport is 3,000 feet. The destination airport had an overcast ceiling of 300 feet agl and 1-1/2 mile visibility about 20 minutes before the accident, and a 100 foot overcast ceiling and 1/2 mile visibility about 20 minutes after the accident. Radar data records the aircraft at an altitude of 2,100 feet msl and 4 seconds later records the altitude as 1,600 feet msl. The pilot received his multiengine airplane rating 2 months prior to the accident and had logged 25 hours in multiengine airplanes, 23 hours in the accident airplane, 11.4 hours in the accident airplane as pilot-in-command, and 7.8 hours simulated instrument time in the accident airplane. No anomalies were found with respect to the aircraft that could be associated with a preexisting condition.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the missed approach. Factors to the accident were, the pilot's improper decision to attempt the approach in weather conditions below the approach/landing minimums, the weather, the pilot's lack of multiengine instrument experience, and spatial disorientation by the pilot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X20453&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 12-Dec-2017 18:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2023 04:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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