
Détails:
A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, N74EJ, registered to Colvin Air Charter, Inc., operating as flight GHP740, collided with terrain while making a localizer approach to runway 14 at Dalton Municipal Airport, GA (DNN), while on a positioning flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the airline transport-rated pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Athens Airport, GA (AHN), the same day about 05:17.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's improper IFR procedure, by failing to maintain the minimum descent altitude (MDA) during the ILS localizer approach, until the runway environment was in sight, which resulted in a collision with terrain short of the runway. Factors relating to the accident were: darkness, low ceiling, fog, pilot fatigue, and improper scheduling by the aircraft operator."
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | jeudi 14 août 1997 |
| Heure: | 06:11 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Beechcraft 200 Super King Air |
| Compagnie: | Colvin Aviation Inc. |
| Immatriculation: | N74EJ |
| Numéro de série: | BB-340 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1978 |
| Heures de vol: | 6328 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 1 / Ã bord: 1 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 1 / Ã bord: 1 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 0,3 km (0.2 milles) NW of Dalton Municipal Airport, GA (DNN) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Convoyage |
| Aéroport de départ: | Athens Airport, GA (AHN/KAHN), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Dalton Municipal Airport, GA (DNN/KDNN), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 740 |
A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, N74EJ, registered to Colvin Air Charter, Inc., operating as flight GHP740, collided with terrain while making a localizer approach to runway 14 at Dalton Municipal Airport, GA (DNN), while on a positioning flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the airline transport-rated pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Athens Airport, GA (AHN), the same day about 05:17.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's improper IFR procedure, by failing to maintain the minimum descent altitude (MDA) during the ILS localizer approach, until the runway environment was in sight, which resulted in a collision with terrain short of the runway. Factors relating to the accident were: darkness, low ceiling, fog, pilot fatigue, and improper scheduling by the aircraft operator."
Accident investigation:
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Athens Airport, GA et Dalton Municipal Airport, GA est de 165 km (103 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
La distance entre Athens Airport, GA et Dalton Municipal Airport, GA est de 165 km (103 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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