# Accident 20030828023279A: Beech 58P, Grand Marais, MN, August 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2003, 11:30 local time
- Place: Grand Marais, MN
- Airport: Grand Marais/Cook County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8383° N, 90.3831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8383&lon=-90.3831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N285V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N285V-2006-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,318 total, 84 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03FA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA296) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030828023279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A SECOND APPROACH INTO GRAND MARAIS (CKC) AIRPORT WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1.27 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. THERE WERE 2 FATALITIES AND 2 SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CHI03FA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA296), Aug 28, 2003: Beech 58P (N285V), Grand Marais, MN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The continued descent below minimum descent altitude and the altitude/clearance not maintained by the pilot during approach to the airport. The low ceiling was a contributing factor.

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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