# Accident 20041024035159A: Beech 200BEECH, Stuart, VA, October 24, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2004, 12:35 local time
- Place: Stuart, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7061° N, 80.1922° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7061&lon=-80.1922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501RH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501RH-2012-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 10
- Pilot flight hours: 10,733 total, 153 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05MA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05MA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041024035159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 24, 2004, AT 1235 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 200 KING AIR, N501RH, OPERATED BY HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS INCORPORATED, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH RISING TERRAIN DURING A MISSED APPROACH TO THE MARTINSVILLE/BLUE RIDGE AIRPORT (MTV), MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA. THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL COPILOT, AND EIGHT PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CORPORATE/EXECUTIVE FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE CONCORD REGIONAL AIRPORT (JQF), CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA, AT 1156. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO FLY EMPLOYEES OF THE HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS TEAM AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TO AN AUTOMOBILE RACE IN MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA.

## 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 IAD05MA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05MA006), Oct 24, 2004: Beech 200 (N501RH), Stuart, VA, destroyed, 10 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's failure to properly execute the published instrument approach procedure, including the published missed approach procedure, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.…

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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