# Accident 20021025033389A: Beech A100, Eleleth, MN, October 25, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2002, 10:24 local time
- Place: Eleleth, MN
- Airport: Eleleth-Virginia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ABOA
- Location: 47.4595° N, 92.5391° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4595&lon=-92.5391&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41BE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41BE-2004-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A100 (registry code 1152915, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A100
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 8
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA03MA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA03MA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021025033389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1024 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CST), A BEECH KING AIR A-100, N41BE, REGISTERED TO BEECH TRANSPORTATION INC., AND OPERATED BY AVIATION CHARTERS INC., COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN ON APPROACH TO THE EVELETH-VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, EVELETH, MN, WHILE ON A PART 135 ON-DEMAND CHARTER FLIGHT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE TWO PILOTS AND SIX PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ST. CLOUD AIRPORT, ST. PAUL, MN.

## 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 DCA03MA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA03MA008), Oct 25, 2002: Beech King Air 100 (N41BE), Eveleth, MN, destroyed, 8 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which led to an aerodynamic stall from which they did not recover.

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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