- Date
- October 1, 1989, 22:07 local (Oct 2, 1989, 02:07 UTC)
- Place
- Hurdle Mills, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N53CCCessna 550
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891001037149A
- Case key
- 22995
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Impairment of the pilot-in-command (PIC) due to drugs/medication, chemotherapy and fatigue; failure of the PIC to assure that the IFR (instrument) apch procedure was followed; and his failure to maintain the minimum descent altitude (mda). Inadequate surveillance of the operation by company/operator/management personnel was a related factor.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53CC
- Reported as
- Cessna 550
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 550-400
- Airframe hours
- 5,111
- Engine
- P&W JT15D-4, 2,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gte South, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 14, 1989 · 88 hours before
- Departed
- TPA · Tampa, FL
- Destination
- TDF · Roxboro, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TDF · Person County, runway 6, 5,000 × 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,986 total · 2,643 in this make and model · 6,236 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 58 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 26 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.