- Date
- November 22, 1989, 20:22 local (Nov 23, 1989, 04:22 UTC)
- Place
- Bremerton, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8918ABeech B35
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891122046409A
- Case key
- 41093
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's improper IFR procedure, his failure to maintain proper alignment on the ILS approach, and his failure to initiate a missed approached after reaching the lateral limits of the ILS system or decision height. Darkness and deteriorating weather were related factors.
Analysis
During arrival, the plt was vectored for an ILS rwy 19 apch. After being cleared for the apch, he was authorized to change to the advisory freq & was instructed to contact seattle apch ctl to cancel the flt plan, when on the gnd. There was no further communication with the acft. Subsequently, it hit trees & crashed about 1 mi southeast of the arpt. Radar data showed that as the acft was apchg the arpt from the north, its track deviated to the left of course. The plt did not realign the acft with the ILS course line & the acft passed well to the left of the rwy threshold. Impact with trees was along a course of 174 deg. Elevation of the crash site was 482 ft. decision height for the precision ILS apch was 688 ft; min descent alt (mda) for a circling apch was 1220 ft. at 1954 PST, the wx at Bremerton was in part: 300 ft ovc, 3 mi vis. At 2034 PST (12 min after the acdnt), the wx had deteriorated to partial obscn, 100 ft ovc, 2 mi vis.
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
- N8918A
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-2618
- Airframe hours
- 3,600
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bob Brooks
- Registered owner
- Robert H Brooks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BYI · Burley, ID
- Destination
- PWT · Bremerton, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PWT · Bremerton, runway 19, 6,200 × 150 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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 337 total · 185 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.