# Accident 20161123020819A: Beech 200, Moorhead, MN, November 23, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2016, 17:59 local time
- Place: Moorhead, MN
- Airport: Moorhead Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VOXA
- Location: 46.8392° N, 96.6642° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8392&lon=-96.6642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80RT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80RT-2019-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (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: BEECH 200
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-41
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,630 total, 89 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161123020819A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 23, 2016, AT 6:00PM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 200, N80RT, IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING A MISSED APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30 AT MOORHEAD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA. THE PILOT INITIATED A MISSED APPROACH AFTER LOSING VISUAL REFERENCE OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY DURING THE FINAL SEGMENT OF THE RNAV (GPS) RWY 30 INSTRUMENT APPROACH. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A FIELD .62 MILES SHORT OF RUNWAY 30. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND FIVE PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY FLIGHT DEVELOPMENT, LLC UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF CFR 14, PART §135 AS AN ON-DEMAND PASSENGER FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IMC).  THE PREVAILING WEATHER WAS LOW OVERCAST IN LIGHT MIST AND FOG.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM BAUDETTE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BAUDETTE, MINNESOTA, AT 5:14PM AND WAS DESTINED TO MOORHEAD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

## 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 CEN17LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA043), Nov 23, 2016: Beech 200 (N80RT), Moorhead, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain a positive climb rate during an attempted missed approach in night instrument meteorological conditions that were at/near approach minimums, which resulted in controlled…

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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