Beechcraft 95-B55 N7736R

Summary

On 24 February 2000 at about 17:03 local time, a Beechcraft 95-B55 registered N7736R was involved in an accident near Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

24 February 2000 at 17:03

Classification

Accident

Location

Moorhead, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Moorehead Municipal Arpt (JKJ)

Coordinates

46.8591, -96.7499

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95-B55

Registration

N7736R

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boone → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI00FA080

3 people died.

the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the missed approach. Factors to the accident were, the pilot's improper decision to attempt the approach in weather conditions below the approach/landing minimums, the weather, the pilot's lack of multiengine instrument experience, and spatial disorientation by the pilot.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The twin engine airplane was destroyed on impact with level terrain while executing a missed approach. During a VOR-A approach, the pilot descended 400 feet below the minimum descent altitude and the air traffic controller advised him to check altitude. After declaring a missed approach, ATC issued, and the pilot acknowledged, two vectors, after which radar and radio contact were lost. At one point, the pilot is advised and acknowledged that the runway visual range at a nearby airport is 3,000 feet. The destination airport had an overcast ceiling of 300 feet agl and 1-1/2 mile visibility about 20 minutes before the accident, and a 100 foot overcast ceiling and 1/2 mile visibility about 20 minutes after the accident. Radar data records the aircraft at an altitude of 2,100 feet msl and 4 seconds later records the altitude as 1,600 feet msl. The pilot received his multiengine airplane rating 2 months prior to the accident and had logged 25 hours in multiengine airplanes, 23 hours in the accident airplane, 11.4 hours in the accident airplane as pilot-in-command, and 7.8 hours simulated instrument time in the accident airplane. No anomalies were found with respect to the aircraft that could be associated with a preexisting condition.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.