Accident Beechcraft D55 Baron N7826R,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36075
 
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Date:Friday 30 September 1988
Time:20:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE55 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft D55 Baron
Owner/operator:Argenta Air
Registration: N7826R
MSN: TE-669
Year of manufacture:1968
Total airframe hrs:2843 hours
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:N. Little Rock , AR -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:Fayetteville, AR (FYV)
Destination airport:N. Little Rock , AR (NLR)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE PILOT HAD BEEN EXECUTING A VOR/DME RWY 35 INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO NORTH LITTLE ROCK MUNI (1M1). THE PIC CALLED 'MISSED APPROACH' A SHORT TIME AFT HAVING BEEN CLRD TO EXECUTE THE INSTRUMENT APPRCH. APPRCH CONTROL ATTMPTD TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PIC AFTER HEARING THE CALL, BUT NO REPLY WAS RCVD BY THEM. APPRCH CONTROL MADE OTHER ATTMPTS, WHICH WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. SEVERAL WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS HEARD & OBSVRD FLYING AT A VERY LOW LEVEL, AT A FAST SPD IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. THE NML MISSED APPRCH PROCEDURE RQRS THE PIC TO IMMEDIATELY CLMB AND COMPLT THE PUBSHD PROCEDURE. WX reported FOR THE APPRCH WAS BELOW THE (MDA) FOR THIS APPRCH. IFR WX HAD PRVLD IN THE AREA MOST OF THE DAY, WITH INTERMITTENT MODERATE TO LT RAIN. THE ACFT IMPACTED TREES AND TERRAIN IN A WINGS LVL ATTITUDE, 2.8 MI NORTHWEST OF THE APPRCH END OF RWY 35. CAUSE:

Sources:

NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X26889

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Oct-2008 10:30 ASN archive Added
21-Dec-2016 19:22 ASN Update Bot Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]

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