# Accident 20040614013169A: Beech C45H, Kodiak, AK, June 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2004, 11:37 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GSBA
- Location: 57.7617° N, 152.3031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7617&lon=-152.3031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401CK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401CK-2017-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C45H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040614013169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1131 ADT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N401CK, WHO HAD BEEN HOLDING FOR AN ESTIMATED 45 MINUTES EAST OF THE KODIAK, AK AIRPORT (ADQ) DUE TO REPORTED INCLEMENT WEATHER, WAS CLEARED BY ATC TO CONDUCT THE ADQ ILS RWY 25 INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE (IAP). THE IAP WAS BEING CONDUCTED IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1137 AND WHILE ON EITHER THE INBOUND ILS APPROACH COURSE OR OUTBOUND ON THE MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE, N401CK CONTACTED THE GROUND NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN END OF LONG ISLAND, WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE ABSOLUTE FLIGHT PATH BETWEEN LEAVING THE HOLD AND CONTACTING THE GROUND CANNOT, AT THIS TIME, BE ESTABLISHED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 ANC04FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA063), Jun 14, 2004: Beech C-45H (N401CK), Kodiak, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow proper IFR procedures by not adhering to the published missed approach procedures, which resulted in an in-flight collision with tree-covered terrain. Factors…

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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