Beechcraft D-95A TRAVELAIR N5918S

Summary

On 6 January 2000 at about 09:40 local time, a Beechcraft D-95A TRAVELAIR registered N5918S was involved in an accident near Dunbar, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 January 2000 at 09:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Dunbar, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Ford Airport (IMT)

Coordinates

45.6498, -88.1790

Aircraft

Beechcraft D-95A TRAVELAIR

Registration

N5918S

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Huntsville → Iron Mountain

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI00FA057

1 person died.

the pilot failed to maintain a proper glidepath and obstacle clearance during an instrument approach. Additional factors to the accident included the dark night, icing conditions, flight into known adverse weather, and conditions conducive to pilot fatigue.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane impacted the wooded terrain at approximately 0340 cst about 7.8 nm from the airport while inbound on the localizer course of an ILS Rwy 1 approach. The FAF was located at 5.0 nm from the runway. On the day prior to the accident, the pilot had flown a Part 135 flight that had departed at 1732 and landed at 2227. The pilot reported to ground personnel that the airplane's heater had not worked during the flight and that he was cold. The heater was serviced and successfully ground checked for operation. The Part 91 positioning flight departed at 2339. The pilot reported to ATC that the airplane was established on the localizer course at 3,200 feet msl, and that the airplane was picking up '... some pretty good moderate ice... .' The wreckage path covered about 400 feet on a heading of about 002 degrees. The fuselage, cockpit, and inboard wings were consumed by fire. The landing gear was extended. The examination of the airplane revealed no pre-existing anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.