# Accident 20060804030739A: Emb EMB110P1, Pownal, VT, August 4, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2006, 09:40 local time
- Place: Pownal, VT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BQTA
- Location: 42.8050° N, 73.1572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8050&lon=-73.1572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59BA-2011-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-110P1 (registry code 3260122, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-110p1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB110P1
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,875 total, 187 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06MA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06MA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060804030739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 4, 2006, AN EMBRAER MODEL 110-P1, N59BA, SERIAL NUMBER 110-396, REGISTERED TO BUSINESS AIR INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS (DBA) AIR NOW, CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE BENNINGTON AIRPORT (DDH) AFTER ATTEMPTING A SECOND VOR NON-PRECISION APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 DURING A 14 CFR PART 91 RE-POSITIONING FLIGHT FROM BINGHAMTON, NY (BGM). INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. ACCORDING TO RADAR DATA, DURING THE FIRST APPROACH, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A DESCENT FROM 3,400 FEET AFTER PASSING THE CAM VOR AND JUST BEFORE REACHING THE AIRPORT, EXECUTED THE MISSED APPROACH. AFTER BEING VECTORED BY ATC, THE AIRPLANE REJOINED THE APPROACH COURSE AND MAINTAINED 3,400 FEET WHILE INBOUND TO THE VOR. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO PASS OVER THE CAM VOR ON COURSE AT ABOUT 3,400 FEET, BUT INSTEAD OF DESCENDING, MAINTAINED THAT ALTITUDE UNTIL IT REACHED THE AIRPORT. AT THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPLANE STARTED A DESCENT. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO FLY OUTBOUND FROM THE AIRPORT AT AN APPROXIMATE 160 DEGREE HEADING. THE LAST RADAR CONTACT WAS AT 0918:35 ABOUT TWO NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT AT 2,600 FEET.

## 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 NYC06MA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06MA192), Aug 4, 2006: Embraer 110P1 (N59BA), Pownal, VT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's misinterpretation of the airplane's position relative to the final approach fix, which resulted in the displacement of the descent profile by 6 nautical miles and the subsequent…

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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