# Accident 20030404005269A: Beech 200BEECH, Fitchburg, MA, April 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2003, 09:35 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Airport: Fitchburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5369° N, 71.7394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5369&lon=-71.7394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N257CG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N257CG-2004-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B200 (registry code 7150006, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 332 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030404005269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 4, 2003 THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE A GPSAPPROACH TO RUNWAY 14 AT FITCHBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FIT), FITCHBURG, MA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY GROUND PERSONNEL AT THE AIRPORT AND OTHER WITNESSES TO BREAK OUT ABOUT 1/3RD DOWN THE RUNWAY AND THEN ENTER A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 32, IN CLOSE, VERY SLOW AND LOW, THEN MAKE A STEEP LEFT TURN, STRAIGHTEN OUT, THEN MAKE ANOTHER STEEP LEFT TURN, BASE TO FINAL, 90 DEGREES WINGS UP AND DISAPPEAR BELOW THE TREE LINE. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED A BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT.

## 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 IAD03FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03FA043), Apr 4, 2003: Beechcraft B200 (N257CG), Leominster, MA, substantial damage, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's low altitude maneuver using an excessive bank angle, and his failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with a building. A factor was the…

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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