- Date
- November 25, 1992, 02:17 local (07:17 UTC)
- Place
- West Columbia, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9321QBeech 58
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921125047749A
- Case key
- 8678
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Probable cause
The pilot's continued operation with known deficient equipment, his improper descent, and his failure to perform a missed approach. A factor was the operator's inadequate surveillance of the pilot's procedures and the maintenance of the airplane.
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
The pilot had stated to friends & other company pilots that the glide slope in the airplane was inoperative. This airplane was operated remotely from the operations & maintenance offices of the company. The pilot had reported to the company, by telephone, that there was a discrepancy with the glide slope. He had not completed the discrepancy form contained in the company manual. The pilot attempted to have the glide slope repaired. The remote maintenance facility was overloaded with work so, the pilot asked his company to intercede with the avionics shop chief to repair N9321Q. Subsequently, no repairs were made to the airplane & the pilot commenced his normal flight schedule. Upon return to the origination airport, an ILS approach was attempted. About one mile from the runway the ATC controller obtained confirmation from the pilot that the airplane was at 1,300 feet. The pilot was asked if a missed approach would be executed, to which he responded no. the accident site was about 1 mile beyond the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9321Q
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH182
- Airframe hours
- 8,983
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Grand Strand Aviation, Inc., doing business as Ramp 66
- Registered owner
- Grand Strand Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 28, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- CLT · Charlotte, NC
- Destination
- CAE · Columbia, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CAE · Columbia Metro, runway 11, 8,602 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,750 total · 100 in this make and model · 34 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAE, 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.