# Accident 20000106000449A: Beech D95A, Iron Mountain-K, MI, January 6, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2000, 03:40 local time
- Place: Iron Mountain-K, MI
- Airport: Ford
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EATA
- Location: 45.6498° N, 88.1790° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6498&lon=-88.1790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5918S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5918S-2001-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D95A (registry code 1153408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D95A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,590 total, 500 in this make and model, 163 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000106000449A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JANUARY 6, 2000, AT 0340 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME (CST), A BEECH D-95A, N5918S, OPERATED BY SUPERIOR AVIATION, INC., WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND NEAR DUNBAR, WISCONSIN. THE IMPACT SITE WAS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES SOUTH OF FORD AIRPORT (IMT), IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, AT 2339 ON JANUARY 5, 2000, AND WAS CLEARED DIRECT TO FORD AIRPORT.  AT 0337, THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRPLANE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE ON THE ILS RWY 01 APPROACH TO FORD AIRPORT.  AT 0338, THE PILOT REPORTED MODERATE RIME ICING AT 3,200 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL TO MINNEAPOLIS CENTER.  THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE AIRPLANE.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.                                          (-23) ON JANUARY 6, 2000, AT 0340AM CST, N5918S, A BEECHCRAFT BE-95, IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA APPROX. 8 MILES FROM RWY 01, KMIT, IRON MOUNTAIN, MI AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED DUE TO CRASH IMPACT AND POST IMPACT FIRE. PRIOR TO THE IMPACT THE PILOT REPORTED TO MSP ATC THAT HE WAS EST ABLISHED ON THE ILS/LOCALIZER TO RWY 01, KMIT, AND WAS AT 3900 FEET, 25 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED BELOW MSP RADAR COVERAGE. APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS LATER, DURING THE LAST RADIO TRANSMISSION FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT REPORTED MODERATE RIME ICING CONDITIONS. IMC CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 CHI00FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA057), Jan 6, 2000: Beech D-95A Travelair (N5918S), Dunbar, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot failed to maintain a proper glidepath and obstacle clearance during an instrument approach. Additional factors to the accident included the dark night, icing conditions, flight into known…

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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