Swearingen SA226AT N577KA

Summary

On 8 May 1986 at about 05:45 local time, a Swearingen SA226AT registered N577KA, operated by Lester C. Barckley, was involved in an accident near Billings, Montana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 May 1986 at 05:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Billings, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Logan (BIL)

Coordinates

45.8705, -108.4706

Aircraft

Swearingen SA226AT

Registration

N577KA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Lester C. Barckley

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Helena → Billings

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN86FA128

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE ON AN IFR FLT PLAN IN IMC, THE PLT EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH AFTER FLYING A LOCALIZER BACK COURSE 27 APPROACH. DURING A SUBSEQUENT ILS RWY 09L APPROACH, RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT WITH THE ACFT WAS LOST LOST. THE ACFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON THE INBOUND APPROACH COURSE 1/2 MILE EAST OF THE SAIGE LOCATOR OUTER MARKER. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND A POST IMPACT FIRE. THE AUTOPSY AND MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE PLT LED TO A CONCLUSION THAT HE WAS INCAPACITATED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE PLTS FLT TIME WAS NOT REPORTED AND HIS LOGS WERE NOT LOCATED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.