- Date
- January 7, 1987, 13:59 local (20:59 UTC)
- Place
- Miles City, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N57133Aero Commander 690A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870107000229A
- Case key
- 17091
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt of the nonscheduled domestic pax air taxi flt was flying the vor/dme rwy 22 apch to wiley field, Miles City, MT. The plt said he turned on the autopilot and after turning inbound from the procedure turn towards the faf he engaged the apch mode. After crossing the faf the plt descended to mda and engaged the alt hold mode. When he reached the map the plt started to make a missed apch but a pax, seated next to him in the copilot's seat, reported the rwy in sight. The plt said he saw the rwy and retarded the throttles in order to descend for landing. The acft nose pitched up abruptly, the acft stalled, and mushed to the ground. The acft hit hard and skidded off the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57133
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 690A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11133
- Airframe hours
- 6,216
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-5251K, 717 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Corporate Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 21, 1986 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- BIL · Billings, MT
- Destination
- MLS · Miles City, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MLS · Wiley, runway 22, 5,783 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,398 total · 45 in this make and model · 2,198 as pilot in command · 186 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.