Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 N90399

Summary

On 3 March 1993 at about 12:58 local time, a Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 registered N90399, operated by Cherokee Leasing, Inc., was involved in an accident near Panama City, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 March 1993 at 12:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Panama City, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Panama City-Bay County (PFN)

Coordinates

30.2010, -85.6701

Aircraft

Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600

Registration

N90399

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Cherokee Leasing, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tallahassee → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN93FA031

1 person died.

THE PILOT'S POORLY PLANNED APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY FOLLOWING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE FLIGHT HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR THE VOR-A APPROACH, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO CIRCLE TO A RIGHT DOWNWIND AND LAND ON RUNWAY 14. THE TOWER CONTROLLER OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE EMERGE FROM THE OVERCAST OVER RUNWAY 23 ABEAM THE VOR, THEN MAKE A TIGHT RIGHT TURN ONTO THE DOWNWIND LEG, PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 14 AND CLOSE IN. WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS ABEAM THE RUNWAY 14 THRESHOLD, SHE OBSERVED THE NOSE PITCH UP, AND THE AIRPLANE DID WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS A WING OVER. IT THEN DOVE AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY NEAR THE THRESHOLD. THE CONTROLLER STATED THAT THE PILOT MADE THIS ROUND TRIP EVERY DAY, AND SHE HAD SEEN HIM DO THIS MANEUVER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.