| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Sunday 21 December 1997 |
| Time: | 06:26 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A100 King Air |
| Operator: | Aviation Charter |
| Registration: | N100BE |
| MSN: | B-221 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8651 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Colorado Springs-Peterson Field, CO (COS) ( United States of America)
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| Crash site elevation: | 1886 m (6188 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP/KMSP), United States of America |
| Colorado Springs-Peterson Field, CO (COS/KCOS), United States of America |
A Beechcraft A100 King Air, N100BE, operated by Aviation Charter, impacted terrain during a missed approach at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, CO (COS). The commercial pilot and one passenger received fatal injuries, and the other passenger serious injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The flight originated from Minneapolis-Flying Cloud Airport, MN (FCM) at 04:30, with a passenger stop at Minneapolis.
The flight was a charter carrying two Northwest Airlines mechanics to Colorado Springs, to repair a Northwest aircraft that had a mechanical problem.
The aircraft was conducting an instrument landing system (ILS) approach to runway 17L. The west local controller observed the aircraft fly into fog and controllers were then unable to contact the aircraft and it disappeared from radar. The aircraft was found by airport personnel approximately 31 minutes following the accident approximately 6,000 feet down runway 17L and 600 feet east of the runway. The delay in locating the aircraft was due to fog.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the pilot to follow IFR Procedures and maintain the minimum descent altitude (MDA). A related factor was fog."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
Sources:
» NTSBPhotos
accident date: 21-12-1997
type: Beechcraft A100 King Air
registration: N100BE
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Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Colorado Springs-Peterson Field, CO as the crow flies is 1157 km (723 miles).
Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Colorado Springs-Peterson Field, CO as the crow flies is 1157 km (723 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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