ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33732
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Date: | Saturday 16 October 1971 |
Time: | 13:17 |
Type: | Swearingen SA.26AT Merlin IIB |
Owner/operator: | Alpena Flying Service |
Registration: | N20DE |
MSN: | T26-168 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Hot Springs, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Detroit, MI |
Destination airport: | KHSP |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft, a Swearingen SA.26AT Merlin IIB, descended below Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) on a non-glide slope ILA approach and impacted terrain short of the intended runway at Ingalls Field Airport (KHSP), Hot Springs, Virgina.
The aircraft was destroyed and the two crew and 4 passengers received fatal injuries.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC72AN053 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
http://www.gendisasters.com/virginia/4991/hot-springs,-va-executive-plane-crashes-landing,-oct-1971 https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=61896&key=0 https://www.wunderground.com/product-sunset.asp Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
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14-Oct-2010 16:18 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
15-Oct-2010 12:46 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
15-Oct-2010 14:21 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
28-Apr-2012 17:37 |
Geno |
Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
01-Mar-2017 11:30 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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