- Date
- January 11, 1989, 07:28 local (12:28 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9330BCessna 208B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890111001389A
- Case key
- 7873
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Probable cause
Improper IFR procedure by the pilot and his failure to maintain the minimum descent altitude (mda). Contributing factors were: low ceiling, fog, delayed missed approach by the pilot, and trees.
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.
Analysis
As the plt was en route to greensboro (his destn), he flew past shiloh & noted that wx at the arpt was clear, but from about 10 south of shiloh, ground fog extended to the south. At 0634 EST, he contacted greensboro tower & was adzd the RVR was 1600 ft. his mimimums were 1800 ft. he held for a period of time, but the wx contd to deteriorate, so he diverted to the rockingham county/shiloh arpt, where no wx rprtg facilities were available. After being vectored over the alternate arpt, he was unable to get enough visual cues for a visual apch, so he elected to make an sdf apch. The plt stated that when he reached the min dscnt alt (mda), he saw the rwy & proceeded to make a visual apch. As he contd, patchy fog began to obscure the rwy, so he maneuvered the acft to keep it in site, then elected to go around. However, as he began the go-around, the acft hit trees & crashed. Elevation of the crash site was aprx 700 ft. mda for the apch was 1120 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9330B
- Reported as
- Cessna 208B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 208B0053
- Airframe hours
- 896
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-114, 600 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Atlantic Aero, Inc
- Registered owner
- Atlantic Aero, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 23, 1988 · 101 hours before
- Departed
- ROA · Roanoke, VA
- Destination
- GSO · Greensboro, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- NC14 · Rockingham County/Shiloh, runway 31, 5,200 × 100 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 360 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 20 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.