Date: | Monday 16 August 1976 |
Time: | 06:32 |
Type: | Beechcraft 99 Airliner |
Owner/operator: | Bar Harbor Airlines |
Registration: | N200WP |
MSN: | U-3 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 5 km NE Bar Harbor Airport, ME (BHB) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Bangor International Airport, ME (BGR/KBGR) |
Destination airport: | Bar Harbor Airport, ME (BHB/KBHB) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Beech 99 N200WP was being ferried from Bangor Airport, ME (BGR) to Bar Harbor Airport, ME (BHB) because the airport had been closed due to fog the day before. On a localizer approach, the airplane struck a 220 feet high hill, Lamoine Ridge. Visibility was 2 miles or less in fog and rain.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
FACTORS:
WEATHER - LOW CEILING
WEATHER - RAIN
WEATHER - FOG
WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC76AN122 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
US Register Quarterly, Summer '78
Location
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