Cessna 402C N105GP

Summary

On 23 December 1987 at about 03:57 local time, a Cessna 402C registered N105GP, operated by G.p. Express, was involved in an accident near Chadron, Nebraska, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 December 1987 at 03:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Chadron, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

42.8205, -103.0009

Aircraft

Cessna 402C

Registration

N105GP

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

G.p. Express

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Alliance → Chadron

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC88FA032

2 people 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

THE ACFT WAS ON A FLT TO CHADRON VIA CHADRON VOR. ABT 30 MI SSE OF THE VOR, THE PLT REQD & WAS CLRD TO FLY DRCT TO ACKMEIAF FOR AN NDB RWY 2 APCH. THE ACFT CONTD TWD THE VOR WHICH WAS IN THE SAME GENERAL DRCTN, BUT 11.9 MI SOUTH OF ACKME. THE NDB WAS AT THE ARPT. ACKME IAF WAS 9 MI SW OF THE ARPT ON A BRG OF 227 DEG & DEFINED BY AN INTXN WITH THE 356 DEG RADIAL OF THE VOR. ABT 3 TO 4 MI SE OF THE VOR, RADAR SVC WAS TRMTD & FREQ CHG WAS MADE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT STRUCK TREES ON A RIDGE & CRASHED. INITIAL IMPACT OCCURRED IN WINGS LVL FLT AT APRX 4480' ON A DRCT ROUTE BTN THE VOR & ACKME IAF. AN INV REVEALED THAT AFTER THE FREQ CHG, THE ACFT CONTD TO THE VOR, THEN MNVRD AS IF THE PLT WAS FLYING THE NDB APCH, BUT WAS USING THE VOR AS THE IAF. RADAR DATA SHOWED CTC WAS LOST AFTER A PROCEDURE TURN WAS MADE & THE ACFT WAS OUTBND ABT 6 MI NE OF THE VOR. THE CRASH SITE, HOWEVER, WAS ABT 3 MI WSW OF WHERE RADAR CTC WAS LAST RECORDED. THE WX AT CHADRON WAS IN PART: 500' OVC, 1.5 MI VIS WITH LGT SNW & FOG. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE/MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.