- Date
- March 13, 1986, 22:00 local (Mar 14, 1986, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Alpena, MI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 5 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1356PEmbraer EMB-110P1
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1988
- Report
- Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19860313013319A
- Case key
- 15854
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg arrival at 2125 EST, simmons airline flt 1746 was adzd by wurtsmith afb apch ctl that the 2052 EST wx at phelps collins arpt was: sky partially obscd, ceiling 100' overcast, vis 1/2 mi with lgt drizzle & fog, & to expect an ILS apch. However, at 2119, a spl wx OBS was taken which showed the vis had decreased to 3/8 mi, which was blo mins. This info had not reach wurtsmith until sometime later since the sys for sending wx from pellston fss to wurtsmith was not automated & was slow. Flt 1746 contd the apch, but the plts did not clrly see the rwy lgts, so they made a missed apch &elected to make a 2nd ILS apch. At 2146, another spl wx OBS was taken which showed the vis had decreased further to 1/4 mi. This info was provided to the simmons station mgr at Alpena, who tried to contact flt 1746, but was unable. At aprx 2200 EST, the acft hit trees & crashed about 1-1/2 mi short of rwy 1. There was evidence that flt 1746 had contd blo theils glide slope & decision height (dh) without obtaining visual reference of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1356P
- Reported as
- Embraer EMB-110P1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 110370
- Airframe hours
- 9,698
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-34, 783 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Simmons Airlines
- Registered owner
- Titan Partners
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DTW · Detriot, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- APN · Phelps-Collins, runway 1, 9,001 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,384 total · 574 in this make and model · 172 in the last 90 days · 73 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1356P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.