Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary MKC85FA040

HOT SPRINGS, AR, USA

Aircraft #1

N69WF

BEECH S35

Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES & CRASHED ON THE EAST SIDE OF WEST MOUNTAIN AFTER THE PLT HAD MADE AN ILS RWY 5 APCH & OVERFLEW THE ARPT. THE LAST WX OBSERVATION BEFORE THE ACCIDENT WAS: PARTIAL OBSCURATION, CEILING 300 FT, VISIBILITY 1 MI. THE DECISION HEIGHT FOR THE APCH WAS 200 FT & THE VISIBILITY MINIMUM WAS 1/2 MI. THE MISSED APCH PROCEDURE READ, 'CLIMB TO 1100 FT THEN CLIMBING RIGHT TURN TO 2500 VIA HOT R-123 TO SOCKS INT & HOLD.' THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LEFT OF OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF RWY 5, 4 MI NORTHEAST OF THE MISSED APCH POINT. THE ACFT IMPACTED TREES WHILE IN LEVEL FLT AT 900 FT MSL & WHILE TRACKING ON A HEADING OF 270 DEG. THE ARPT ELEVATION IS 540 FT.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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