# Accident 19971113032949A: Beech 100BEECH, Jackson, MS, November 13, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1997, 12:38 local time
- Place: Jackson, MS
- Airport: Jackson International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4502° N, 90.1009° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4502&lon=-90.1009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500ML, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500ML-1998-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B100 (registry code 1152919, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 100BEECH
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3316
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,646 total, 162 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971113032949A

## Narrative

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

DURING ATTEMPT TOO INTERCEPT ILS APPEARS PILOT BANKED TOO STEEPLY. LOST CONTROL. HIGH SPEED IMPACT AND EXPLOSION. (.4) UPON ARRIVING INTO THE APPROACH AREA FOR A FULL STOP LANDING THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN TO A 270 DEGREE MAGNETIC HEADING FOR SEQUENCING FOR THE ILS RUNWAY 16L APPROACH; THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED THE INSTRUCTIONS. ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER, COMMUNICATION AND RADAR CONTACT WITH THE AIRPLANE WERE LOST. EYE WITNESSES NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE AS IT DESCENDED BELOW THE CLOUD LAYER. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING IN A STEEP LEFT BANK WITH THE NOSE DOWN. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THE ENGINES WERE REVVING. WITHIN SECONDS OF THE VISUAL SIGHTING OF THE AIRPLANE, TWO LARGE EXPLOSIONS WERE HEARD AND A FIREBALL WAS SEEN. THE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME FAILED TO DISCLOSE A MECHANICAL PROBLEM. NO FIRE OR SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE AIRPLANE BY THE EYEWITNESSES BEFORE THE EXPLOSIONS WERE HEARD. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRPLANE TO THE TOWER CONTROLLER. THE PILOT TOXICOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES DISCLOSED THE PRESENCE OF DECONGESTANTS, ANTIHISTAMINES, AND SEDATIVES. THESE MEDICATIONS ARE OVER THE COUNTER COLD REMEDIES. OPERATION OF MACHINERY INCLUDING AUTOMOBILES WHILE TAKING THIS TYPE OF MEDICATION IS NOT RECOMMENDED. MANY MEDICATIONS, SUCH AS TRANQUILIZERS, SEDATIVES, STRONG PAIN RELIEVERS, AND COUGH-SUPPRESSANT PREPARATIONS HAVE PRIMARY EFFECTS THAT MAY IMPAIR JUDGMENT, MEMORY, ALERTNESS COORDINATION AND ABILITY TO MAKE CALCULATIONS. (-23) WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING VECTORED FOR THE ILS 16L APPROACH TO JACKSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JAN), ALL COMMUNICATION AND RADIO CONTACT WITH THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT DESCEND FROM THE CLOUD BASIS IN WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS A MODERATE TO STEEPLY BANKED LEFT TURN, WITH THE NOSE SLIGHTLY LOW. VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST AND TWO EXPLOSIONS FOLLOWED BY A FIREBALL WERE OBSERVED. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 14.5 NM NW OF THE JAN AIRPORT. THE WRECKAGE DEBRIS IS ON A 120 DEGREE HEADING AND IS APPROXIMATELY 1,300' LONG BY 150' WIDE.

## 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 ATL98FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98FA009), Nov 13, 1997: Beech B100 (N500ML), Madison, MS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft due to spatial disorientation. A related factor was: the instrument weather conditions.

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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