- Date
- November 22, 1991, 10:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Romeo, MI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N24169Beech B100
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911122053359A
- Case key
- 15273
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's improper inflight decision and the minimum descent altitude disregarded during an instrument approach.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The accident airplane collided with trees and terrain after being cleared for a nonprecision instrument approach. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed. The minimum descent altitude for the approach profile from an intermediate intersection to the missed approach point is 1,460 feet. The elevation of destination airport is 745 feet. The elevation of the accident site is 880 feet. Two persons witnessed the accident sequence. Both persons saw the airplane in level, low altitude flight with the landing gear down before it struck the tree tops. They described how the airplane pulled up and then rolled before it struck the ground. One witness described how the airplane was flying at the base of the clouds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24169
- Reported as
- Beech B100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BE-38
- Airframe hours
- 4,298
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-6-252, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Ligon Brothers Manufacturing
- Registered owner
- Ligon Brothers Manufacturing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 29, 1991 · 122 hours before
- Departed
- 2I4 · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,607 total · 99 in this make and model · 2,341 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.