- Date
- January 19, 1988, 19:13 local (Jan 20, 1988, 00:13 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N996SAde Havilland DHC-6-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880119000979A
- Case key
- 7699
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Ifr procedure - not followedCause
Weather condition - below approach/landing minimumsFactor
Analysis
During the final approach on the instrument landing system, the pilot descended below the glidepath. The aircraft collided with a tree and struck the ground short of the runway threshold.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N996SA
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-6-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 159
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 500 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mountain Air Cargo, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ERI · Erie, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CLT · Charlotte/Douglas, runway 36L, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
N996SARegistration cancelled Jun 16, 1993 · Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTERAirframe modelDehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,900 total · 320 in this make and model · 8,860 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 8 knots
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 1 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.