Narrative:
A missed approach procedure was carried out due to bad weather at the destination Alpena. The flight was cleared for another ILS approach at 21:53. The Bandeirante descended crashed in a wooded area 1,5 msl short of the runway and 300 feet left of the extended centreline of runway 01.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's continued descent of the airplane below the glide slope and through the published decision height without obtaining visual reference of the runway for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the inefficient system used to disseminate weather-related information to the crew."
» NTSB/AAR-87/02
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 13 March 1986 |
| Time: | 22:00 |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante |
| Operator: | Simmons Airlines |
| Registration: | N1356P |
| MSN: | 110370 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9698 |
| Cycles: | 16767 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2,4 km (1.5 mls) S of Alpena County Regional Airport, MI (APN) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW), United States of America |
| Alpena County Regional Airport, MI (APN/KAPN), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 1746 |
A missed approach procedure was carried out due to bad weather at the destination Alpena. The flight was cleared for another ILS approach at 21:53. The Bandeirante descended crashed in a wooded area 1,5 msl short of the runway and 300 feet left of the extended centreline of runway 01.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's continued descent of the airplane below the glide slope and through the published decision height without obtaining visual reference of the runway for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the inefficient system used to disseminate weather-related information to the crew."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
» Aviation Letter 241» NTSB/AAR-87/02
Follow-up / safety actions
NTSB issued 6 Safety Recommendations
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI to Alpena County Regional Airport, MI as the crow flies is 317 km (198 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI to Alpena County Regional Airport, MI as the crow flies is 317 km (198 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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