# Accident 19890111001389A: Cessna 208B, Reidsville, NC, January 11, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1989, 07:28 local time
- Place: Reidsville, NC
- Airport: Rockingham County-Shiloah Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EWGA
- Location: 36.3793° N, 79.9703° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3793&lon=-79.9703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9330B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9330B-1991-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 360 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890111001389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WENT BELOW MDA ON SDF APPROACH AND STRUCK TREES. WEATHER WAS BELOW MINIMUMS. ALSO AT ALTERNATE AIRPORTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL89FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA071), Jan 11, 1989: Cessna 208B (N9330B), Madison, NC, destroyed. Probable cause: IMPROPER IFR PROCEDURE BY THE PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE (MDA). CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: LOW CEILING, FOG, DELAYED MISSED APPROACH BY THE PILOT, AND TREES.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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