ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45030
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| Date: | Sunday 2 November 2003 |
| Time: | 18:47 |
| Type: |  Commander Aircraft 114TC |
| Owner/operator: | Data Center, Inc. |
| Registration: | N6107Z |
| MSN: | 20007 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2333 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-AG1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hutchinson, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Oklahoma City, OK (PWA) |
| Hutchinson, KS (HUT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane impacted terrain during a missed approach at night in instrument meteorological conditions. The pilot had been cleared for the instrument landing system (ILS) runway 13 approach into Hutchinson Municipal Airport. The decision altitude for the approach is 1,724 feet msl (200 feet agl). The pilot reported going missed approach after passing the middle marker at 1,600 feet msl (75 feet agl), based on aircraft radar track data. The missed approach instructions were to climb to 4,000 feet msl on runway heading and contact Wichita approach control. A plot of the radar track data showed the airplane in a climbing left turn. The aircraft's climbing left turn reached a maximum altitude of 2,000 feet msl (460 feet agl) before the airplane entered a descending left turn. The pilot was communicating with Wichita approach control during the left climbing turn. The airplane impacted off the left side of runway 22 on a 334-degree magnetic heading. The airplane impacted left wing first and the total wreckage debris path was approximately 280 feet long. An FAA test aircraft flew the ILS runway 13 approach after the accident and determined the approach was fully operational and tested satisfactory. The pilot held an instrument rating, but was not instrument current as required by federal aviation regulations. The weather at the time of the accident included overcast ceilings at 200 feet agl and visibilities between 1-1/4 and 2 sm. No pre-impact anomalies were found with the airframe or the engine.
Probable Cause: The pilot's diverted attention during the missed approach which resulted in aircraft control not being maintained. Factors to the accident included the pilot not being current for instrument operations and the low cloud ceiling at night.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20031114X01904&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 08-Dec-2017 20:21 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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