Beechcraft 200 N241CK

Summary

On 25 September 2018 at about 10:13 local time, a Beechcraft 200 registered N241CK was involved in an accident near Oscoda, Michigan, 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 September 2018 at 10:13

Classification

Accident

Location

Oscoda, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (KOSC)

Coordinates

44.4167, -83.4858

Aircraft

Beechcraft 200

Registration

N241CK

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ypsilanti → Oscoda

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN18FA387

1 person died.

The pilot's descent below minimum descent altitude during the nonprecision instrument approach for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

The airline transport pilot of the multiengine airplane was cleared for the VOR approach. The weather at the airport was reported as 400 ft overcast with 4 miles visibility in drizzle. When the airplane failed to arrive at the airport as scheduled, a search was initiated, and the wreckage was located soon thereafter. Radar data indicated that the pilot was provided vectors to intercept the final approach course. The last radar return indicated that the airplane was at 2,200 ft and 8.1 miles from the runway threshold. It impacted terrain 3.5 miles from the runway threshold and left of the final approach course. According to the published approach procedure, the minimum descent altitude was 1,100 feet, which was 466 ft above airport elevation. Examination of the wreckage revealed that the airplane had impacted the tops of trees and descended at a 45° angle to ground contact; the airplane was destroyed by a postcrash fire, thus limiting the examination; however, no anomalies were observed that would have precluded normal operation. The landing gear was extended, and approach flaps had been set. Impact and fire damage precluded an examination of the flight and navigation instruments. Autopsy and toxicology of the pilot were not performed; therefore, whether a physiological issue may have contributed to the accident could not be determined. The location of the wreckage indicates that the pilot descended below the minimum descent altitude (MDA) for the approach; however, the reason for the pilot's descent below MDA could not be determined based on the available information.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.