# Accident 20180925009509A: Beech 200, Oscoda, MI, September 25, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2018, 05:55 local time
- Place: Oscoda, MI
- Airport: Oscoda-Wurtsmith
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KC8A
- Location: 44.4167° N, 83.4858° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4167&lon=-83.4858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N241CK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N241CK-2022-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-41 (registry code 61541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A-41
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,361 total, 197 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18FA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA387) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180925009509A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 AT 05:55 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A BEECHCRAFT, BE-200 AIRCRAFT, N241CK, REGISTERED TO KALITTA EQUIPMENT LLC DBA. AND OPERATED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT FOR KALITTA CHARTERS LLC. (KC8A) WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT STRUCK THE GROUND WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND FROM THE VOR RWY 06 APPROACH AT OSCODA-WURTSMITH AIRPORT (KOSC), OSCODA, MICHIGAN.

INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND LIGHT RAIN PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITH A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WILLOW RUN AIRPORT (KYIP), YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN. AT APPROXIMATELY 5:20 EDT.

ACCORDING TO MINNEAPOLIS CENTER (ZMP) HE WAS CLEARED FOR THE VOR RUNWAY 6 APPROACH AND SENT TO ADVISORY FREQUENCIES THEN LOST FROM RADAR AT POSITION 44.24N 083.31W. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREES APPROXIMATELY 4 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA.

WEATHER AT KOSC AIRPORT AT 05:55 WAS: WIND 180 DEGREES AT 8KNOTS, VISIBILITY 5 STATUTE MILES, 400 OVERCAST, TEMP 65 DEW POINT 65 AND ALTIMETER 29.91.

## 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 CEN18FA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA387), Sep 25, 2018: Beech 200 (N241CK), Oscoda, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's descent below minimum descent altitude during the nonprecision instrument approach for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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