# Incident 20170206016179I: Beech F90, Poplar Bluff, MO, February 6, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2017, 16:46 local time
- Place: Poplar Bluff, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7739° N, 90.3247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7739&lon=-90.3247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N246CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N246CA-2019-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F90 (registry code 1152909, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f90) (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 F90
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 26,500 total, 3,428 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170206016179I

## Narrative

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

AT 2337Z KMEM WAS ADVISED THAT AN AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND TO KMEM AND WAS NORDO.  N246CA, A BE90 WAS ON APPROACH TO POPLAR BLUFF WITH ZME AND HIT TREES WHILE ON APCH AT 2225Z. ZME REPORTED THAT AT 2246Z  N246CA SQUAWKED 7700 AND CLIMBED TO 7500 AND ORBITED FOR APROX 15 MINUTES WITH NO COMM BEGAN DIVERTING TO KMEM. AT 2331Z, KMEM ISSUED AN ALERT2 FOR A POSSIBLE GEAR UP NORDO LANDING RWY18L. AT 2336Z, LIGHT GUN SIGNAL WAS GIVEN TO N246CA AND HE  LANDED ON RWY18L AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WOI. FIRE PERSONNEL FOLLOWED HIM AND ADVISED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK TREES ON APCH AT KPOF.

## 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 GAA17CA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA150), Feb 6, 2017: Beech F90 (N246CA), Poplar Bluff, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s descent below the minimum descent altitude during a nonprecision approach, which resulted in a tree strike.

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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