ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40269
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Date: | Saturday 27 February 1993 |
Time: | 18:40 |
Type: | Cessna 340A |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N88KH |
MSN: | 340A1801 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1100 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Center Point, TX -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Houston, TX (IWS) |
Destination airport: | Kerrville, TX (ERV) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. ONCE CLEAR OF CLOUDS, THE PILOT WAS OBSERVED CIRCLING AT LOW ALTITUDE ON A CLOSED LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 30. WITNESSES OBSERVED THAT ON THE TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL, A VERY STEEP ANGLE OF BANK WAS ESTABLISHED AS THE ENGINE POWER WAS HEARD BEING INCREASED. CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. A POST IMPACT FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRPLANE. THE WEATHER AT THE AIRPORT WAS REPORTED AS 900 OVERCAST WITH 2 MILES VISIBILITY IN FOG AND HAZE WITH A LIGHT MIST. OFFICIAL SUNSET WAS ONE MINUTE PRIOR TO THE IMPACT CAUSE: INADVERTENT STALL. FACTORS WERE THE WEATHER AND THE LIGHT CONDITIONS
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X11820 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] |
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