Tue, Feb 07, 2006
Cites Crew's Failure To Properly Fly Approach
The National
Transportation Safety Board released its probable cause report
Tuesday on the 2004 crash of a Beech King Air operated by Hendrick
Motorsports in Stuart, VA.
In its report, the NTSB cites the flight crew's failure to
properly execute the published instrument approach procedure as the
primary cause of the accident. Contributing to the cause of the
accident was the crew's failure to use all navigational aids to
confirm and monitor the airplane's position during the
approach.
As was reported by Aero-News,
on October 24, 2004 a Beech King Air 200 transporting eight
passengers, including Hendrick Motorsports employees, and two
flight crewmembers collided with mountainous terrain during a
missed approach to Martinsville/Blue Ridge Airport, Martinsville,
Virginia.
All 10 persons aboard the airplane died, and the aircraft was
destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire.
The flight departed Concord Regional Airport, Concord, NC (JQF)
operating on instrument flight rules. Radar data shows that, after
the plane was cleared for landing for a localizer runway 30
approach at Martinsville Airport (MTV), the plane did not descend
at the proper point. About seven miles beyond the airport, the
airplane initiated a straight- ahead climb. The airplane's radar
target was lost.
The NTSB determined the missed approach should have occurred
over the Martinsville Airport by executing a climbing right turn.
The airplane was not equipped with a ground proximity warning
system.
"The approach and missed approach procedures provide for safe
operation in instrument weather conditions," said NTSB Acting
Chairman Mark V. Rosenker. "It is imperative that pilots use all
available navigational aids to ensure that the approach is properly
flown."
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