# NTSB ATL87LA182: Beech B200, N859DD, Jasper, AL, June 23, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1987, 06:19 local (11:19 UTC)
- Place: Jasper, AL
- Coordinates: 33.819202, -87.290588 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8192&lon=-87.2906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7460
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7460/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA182

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dawn (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, approach
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING FOR HIS PROPOSED FLT FROM BIRMINGHAM, AL TO JASPER, AL TO ALLENTOWN, PA. HE DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE 35 MILE FLT FROM BIRMINGHAM TO JASPER, HOWEVER, HE DID FILE A FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED FLT FM JASPER TO ALLENTOWN. HE STATED THAT HE 'FELT LIKE HE GOT A LITTLE SLOW AND THE TAIL STALLED' DURING HIS VFR LDG APCH AT JASPER. THE ACFT CONTACTED THE GROUND AT THE EAST END OF THE EAST-WEST RWY ON A NORTHERLY TRACK. THE ACFT CONTINUED ON THE NORTHERLY TRACK FOR 288 FT BEFORE COLLIDING WITH TREES. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE POST CRASH FIRE. WITNESSES REPORTED FOG IN THE AREA AND THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE HAD ENCOUNTERED PATCHES OF FOG ON THE FLT FROM BIRMINGHAM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N859DD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BB859
- Airframe hours: 2966
- Engines: P&W PT6A-42 850 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Barry D. Tidwell
- Registered owner: Tidwell, Barry D.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BHM, BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Airport: L02, Walker Co Bevill, runway 27, 4,800 × 100 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 11,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Dawn
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BHM

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870623021849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870623021849A), Jun 23, 1987: Beech B200, Jasper, AL, Destroyed. Crashed during a landing attempt to runway. No evidence that the aircraft was aligned with runway. Fog in area.

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.

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