- Date
- March 27, 1990, 19:35 local (Mar 28, 1990, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Uvalde, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N696JBBeech 100
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900327008979A
- Case key
- 23118
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Probable cause
Improper IFR procedure by the pilot by not maintaining the minimum descent altitude (mda) for that segment of the approach. Factors related to the accident were: darkness, low ceiling, fog, and rain.
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 pilots were making an NDB approach to an uncontrolled airport that was 941 feet MSL. The NDB was 1.8 NM from the airport, and the pilots were supposed to maintain minimum descent altitude (mda) of 1,540 feet until the runway was in sight. Prior to the crash, ATC had told them that they were 15 miles from the airport. Approximately four miles from the airport, the airplane impacted the top of a hill, at a point 990 feet MSL. The airplane was demolished by impact and post-impact fire. The weather was estimated to be 300 feet overcast and one mile visibility. No mechanical malfunctions were reported or discovered. The lack of a local altimeter setting increased the mda by 240 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N696JB
- Reported as
- Beech 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- B13
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-28, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Briscoe, Dolph, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 12, 1989 · 148 hours before
- Departed
- COT · Cotulla, TX
- Destination
- UVA · Uvalde, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- UVA · Garner Field, runway 33, 5,250 × 75 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27,725 total · 2,700 in this make and model · 26,851 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.