Beechcraft BE-P35 N32AB

Summary

On 25 October 2004 at about 12:27 local time, a Beechcraft BE-P35 registered N32AB was involved in an accident near Aiken, South Carolina, 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

25 October 2004 at 12:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Aiken Municipal Airport (AIK)

Coordinates

33.6464, -81.7114

Aircraft

Beechcraft BE-P35

Registration

N32AB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Spartanburg → Aiken

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

ATL05FA011

1 person died.

The pilot’s failure to follow IFR procedures, and continued flight below the minimum descent altitude and collided with trees.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Upon arriving in the Aiken area, the pilot was cleared for the GPS Runway 06 approach by Air Traffic Control. The airplane collided with trees about 4,175 feet short of runway 06 and about 340 feet left of the published inbound approach course. The airport manager estimated the Aiken weather at the time of the accident was at 200- foot ceiling with 1/4-mile visibility. The GPS Runway 06 approach plate showed that the Minimum Decent Altitude (MDA) was 900 feet Mean Sea Level (MSL) or 386 feet Above Ground Level (AGL), and the minimum weather conditions required to land was 400-foot ceiling with one statute mile of visibility. There were no mechanical problems reported by the pilot or discovered during the post-accident examination of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.