# Accident 20120622013419A: Raytheon Aircraft Company C90GT, Morgantown, WV, June 22, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2012, 10:01 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Airport: Morgantown Municipal-Walter L. Bill
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6958° N, 79.7622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6958&lon=-79.7622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N508GT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N508GT-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon C90GT (registry code 7150062, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-c90gt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY C90GT
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-135A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA409](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA409) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120622013419A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENROUTE TO MORGANTOWN, WV (MGW) FROM FARMINGTON, PA (PA88). CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN (TV TOWER) LESS THAN 10 MILES EAST OF AIRPORT. TOWER HEIGHT LISTED AS 518' (3114' MSL) ON CINCINNATI SECTIONAL. NO FLIGHT PLAN ON FILE. RADAR CONTACT ESTABLISHED WITH CKB ATC (DISCREET CODE) LESS THAN 1 MINUTE BEFORE IMPACT. ALTITUDE REPORTING VARIED BETWEEN 3000' AND 3100' MSL. GROUND PROXIMITY WARNING SYSTEM VERIFIED INHIBITED BY PILOT DURING ENTIRE DURATION OF FLIGHT. NO DISTRESS CALL FROM PILOT OBSERVED. NO INDICATION OF PILOT INCAPACITATION OBSERVED PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## 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 ERA12FA409](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA409), Jun 22, 2012: Raytheon C90GT (N508GT), Morgantown, WV, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight route planning and in-flight route and altitude selection, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a communications tower in possible instrument meteorological…

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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