# Accident 20031102027919A: Gulstm 114TC, Hutchinson, KS, November 2, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2003, 18:47 local time
- Place: Hutchinson, KS
- Airport: Hutchinson Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0675° N, 97.8536° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0675&lon=-97.8536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6107Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6107Z-2004-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Commander 114TC (registry code 0145002, https://openairdocs.org/model/commander-114tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 114TC
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 887 total, 755 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031102027919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT EXECUTED MISSED APPROACH AFTER PERFORMING ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 AT HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE MISSED APPROACH, WAS REPORTED TO BE 200 FEET AGL WITH 1 1/4 STATUE MILE VISIBILITY. HUTCHINSON ATCT INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO FLY RUNWAY HEADING AND CLIMB TO 4000. PILOT WAS ALSO INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT WICHITA APPROACH CONTROL. PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED HUT ATCT AND CONTACTED WICHITA APPROACH CONTROL AS INSTRUCTED. WICHITA APPROACH CONTROL REQUESTED THE PILOT'S INTENTIONS AND HE ASKED FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS AT WICHITA. WICHITA APPROACH CONTROL RESPONDED ADVISING 2,700 OVERCAST, 10 MILE VISIBILITY, AND PROVIDED THE CURRENT ALTIMETER SETTING. THE PILOT DID NOT RESPOND. N6107Z WAS LOCATED ON NORTHEASTERN 1/3 OF HUT RUNWAY 21 WHERE IT CAME TO REST AFTER IMPACTING THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 283 EAST OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. RADAR DATA INDICATED THAT N6107Z INITIALLY STARTED A CLIMB BUT BEGAN A LEFT DESCENDING TURN AFTER REACHING APPROXIMATELY 2125 MSL.

## 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 CHI04FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA025), Nov 3, 2003: Commander 114TC (N6107Z), Hutchinson, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's diverted attention during the missed approach which resulted in aircraft control not being maintained. Factors to the accident included the pilot not being current for instrument…

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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