# NTSB ATL87MA041: Beech 100, N65TD, Windsor, MA, December 10, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Major investigation · Final report
- Date: December 10, 1986, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Windsor, MA
- Location: 42.5069° N, 73.0595° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from PITTSFIELD MUNI (PSF), within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5069&lon=-73.0595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 12, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7529
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87MA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7529/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87MA041

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - iaf to faf/outer marker (ifr)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DRG ARR FOR A LOC RWY 26 APCH, THE PLT WAS ADZD THE ABYSS FAN MARKER WAS NOTAMED OUT-OF-SVC. WITH ABYSS INOP, MIN DSCNT ALT (MDA) WAS 2200'. AFTER N65TD WAS CLRD FOR THE APCH, RADAR SVC WAS TERMINATED & THE FLT WAS CLRD TO ADZY FREQ. THE CREW CONTACTED UNICOM & OBTAINED ARPT & WX ADZY. UNICOM OPERATOR ADZD WINDS LGT & VRBL, ESTD 800' OVERCAST, VIS 5 MI, SLUSH & ICE RPRTD ON RWY 1/2 HR EARLIER. AFTER THE CREW RPRTD 'PROCEDURE TURN INBND,' NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS WERE RECDFM THE ACFT. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT HIT TREES ON RISING TRRN AT AN ELEV OF APRX 2200', APRX 7 MI BFR REACHING THE FINAL APCH FIX (FAF, DALTON NDB). MIN ALT FOR THE APCH IN THAT AREA WAS 3000'. NO PREIMPACT PART PRBLMS WERE FND DRG THE INV. WIT- NESSES RPRTD THE ENGS SOUNDED NORMAL BFR IMPACT; MTN TOPS WERE OBSCD. ARPT ELEV WAS 1194'. RADIO TRANSCRIPTS INDCD THE CREW WERE GETTING A WEAK SIGNAL FM THE DALTON NDB. ALTHO NOT A REQD NAVAID, CHESTER VORTAC WAS DEPICTED ON THE APCH CHART AS AN ADNL SOURCE TO ID THE FAF, BUT WAS NOTAMED AS OUT-OF-SVC. THE PLT DID NOT OBTAIN NOTAMS BFR FLT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65TD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65TD-1989-01-05), registration cancelled 1989-01-05, S/N B50 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 100
- Registry model: [Beech 100](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-100) (registry code 1152916) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: B-50
- Airframe hours: 7710
- Engines: P&W PT6A-28 680 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Registered owner: Teledyne Industries
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, October 22, 1986, 70 hours before
- Departed: 21G, ELYRIA, OH
- Destination: PSF, PITTSFIELD, MA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PSF, Pittsfield, runway 26, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 7,520 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 7,325 as pilot in command, 160 in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PSF, 13 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861210069379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861210069379A), Dec 10, 1986: Beech 100BEECH, Pittsfield, MA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. The aircraft hit trees and rising terrain during approach. The pilot descended below the published minimum altitude

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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