Bellanca 17-30A N4226B

Summary

On 14 May 1994 at about 00:44 local time, a Bellanca 17-30A registered N4226B, operated by Aerne, Dean M., was involved in an accident near Camdenton, Missouri, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 May 1994 at 00:44

Classification

Accident

Location

Camdenton, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Camdenton Memorial (H21)

Coordinates

38.0003, -92.7402

Aircraft

Bellanca 17-30A

Registration

N4226B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Aerne, Dean M.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cahokia → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI94FA157

4 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft. A factor was his lack of experience flying in actual instrument flight conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The instrument rated private pilot and three passengers departed the St. Louis Downtown Parks Airport and flew an IFR flight plan en route to the Camdenton Memorial Airport in Camdenton, Missouri. Two miles northeast of the destination airport, while descending through a cloud deck during the final approach portion of the VOR-A approach, the pilot lost control of the aircraft which impacted the terrain in a near vertical attitude. A pilot who had flown the approach immediately prior to the accident aircraft stated the weather on the final approach was 800 feet overcast. The accident pilot had accumulated a total of approximately 4 hours of actual instrument flight time since he had received his instrument rating 23 months prior to the accident. No evidence of any preimpact mechanical anomaly with either the airframe or engine, was discovered during the investigation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.