# Accident 19890915035049A: Beech 100BEECH, Mayfield, KY, September 15, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1989, 21:00 local time
- Place: Mayfield, KY
- Airport: Mayfield Graves County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7295° N, 88.6403° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7295&lon=-88.6403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N887PE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N887PE-1990-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 100 (registry code 1152916, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 100BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A28
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 400 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89FA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890915035049A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A TREE AND CRASHED CIRCLING AIRPORT AT NIGHT IN FOG, RAIN, AND LOW CLOUDS.

## 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 ATL89FA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA213), Sep 16, 1989: Beech 100 (N887PE), Mayfield, KY, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO FOLLOW IFR PROCEDURES AND MAINTAIN THE MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE (MDA). FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND THE TREE.

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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