# Accident 20010809019909A: Beech B200, Sandersville, GA, August 9, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2001, 08:45 local time
- Place: Sandersville, GA
- Airport: Kaolin Field Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9658° N, 82.8364° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9658&lon=-82.8364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N899RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N899RW-2022-12-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010809019909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 9, 2001, ABOUT 0950EDTM N899RW, OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR 91 CORPORATE FLIGHT, CRASHED IN THE VICINITY OF SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. WHILE EXECUTING A GPS CIRCLING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30 THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO ENTER A POWERED STALL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO ENTER A STEEP LEFT BAND AND IMPACT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY POST CRASH FIRE, AND THE PILOT AS WELL AS FOUR PASSENGERS, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.            (.19) ON AUGUST 9, 2001, ABOUT 0950 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH KING AIR 200, N899RW, REGISTERED TO WARREN MANUFACTURING, INC., OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 CORPORATE FLIGHT, CRASHED IN THE VICINITY OF SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS CONSUMED BY POSTCRASH FIRE, AND THE ATP-RATED PILOT, AS WELL AS FOUR PASSENGERS, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DUBLIN, GEORGIA, ABOUT 12 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO FAA MACON APPROACH CONTROL RADAR, BETWEEN 0809 AND 0824, N899RW ATTEMPTED TWO INSTRUMENT APPROACHES INTO KAOLIN FIELD, SANDERSVILLE, WHICH RESULTED IN A MISSED APPROACH BOTH TIMES. THE PILOT ELECTED TO FLY TO DUBLIN, GEORGIA, ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF KAOLIN FIELD, TO WAIT OUT THE LOW CEILING CONDITION. AT 0938, THE FLIGHT DEPARTED DUBLIN FOR ANOTHER ATTEMPT, AND ACCORDING TO WITNESSES AT THE FIXED-BASE OPERATION AT KAOLIN FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30 TO ENTER A STEEP LEFT BANK AND IMPACT THE GROUND.

## 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 MIA01LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA211), Aug 9, 2001: Beech BE-200 (N899RW), Sandersville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in command's failure to maintain airspeed during the approach, resulting in an inadvertent stall and in-flight collision with the terrain during an uncontrollable descent.

## Other reports on N899RW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20211028023079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211028023079A), Oct 28, 2021: Beech K35 (N899RW), Hammond, LA, Substantial damage. On October 28th, a Beechcraft bonanza [privacy data omitted]was flying from katy, Texas (iws) to Hammond, Louisiana (hdc) with 3 soles onboard. While on…

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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