# Accident 20001215040249A: Pilats PC1245, Harrisburg, IL, December 15, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2000, 06:05 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, IL
- Airport: Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7306° N, 88.5406° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7306&lon=-88.5406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45PM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001215040249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 15, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 0605 CST, N45PM, A SOCATA TBM 700 SINGLE ENGINE TURBOPROP AIRPLANE, REGISTERED TO JAKL INC., TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 50 SHORT OF RUNWAY 24 AT HARRISBURG-RALEIGH AIRPORT, HARRISBURG, IL. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND TWO ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.  THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND FOLLOWING A GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24.  TWO PREVIOUS APPROACHES HAD RESULTED IN MISSED APPROACHES.  CEILING AND VISIBILITY REPORTED BY AWOS AT HARRISBURG-RALEIGH AIRPORT NEAR THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 200 FEET OVERCAST AND ONE AND ONE-HALF MILES VISIBILITY.

## 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 CHI01LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA048), Dec 15, 2000: Socata TBM 700 (N45PM), Harrisburg, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not attaining the proper glidepath on the instrument approach. The pilot's decision not to fly to an alternate airport and his decision to continue the approach in weather conditions below…

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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