- Date
- November 27, 1985, 05:41 local (10:41 UTC)
- Place
- East Greenwich, RI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N220FBeech C90
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851127077819A
- Case key
- 6910
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The acft crashed about nine miles short of the rwy during an ILS approach to warwick, RI in IMC wx. The acft had been cleared to descend from 13000 to 3000 ft. the acft crashed outside the outer marker. The co-plt had reported the acft as inside the outer marker. The crew did not report any acft problems. The approach procedure requires that the flt cross the outer marker at 1800 ft MSL. 5 miles from touchdown. Minimum wx is 200 ft ceiling & 1/2 mile vis. Surface observation at time of the acc was 300 ft overcast with 1 & 1/2 miles visibility. Post acc exam of the wreckage failed to disxlose any malfunctions or failures in the equipment.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N220F
- Reported as
- Beech C90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ981
- Airframe hours
- 1,472
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-21, 530 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jen Rob Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 19, 1985 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- Morristown, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- T. F. Green, runway 5, 7,166 × 200 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,005 total · 200 in this make and model · 11,200 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 350° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PVD, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.