Commander 114TC N6107Z

Summary

On 3 November 2003 at about 00:47 local time, a Commander 114TC registered N6107Z was involved in an accident near Hutchinson, Kansas, 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

3 November 2003 at 00:47

Classification

Accident

Location

Hutchinson, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Hutchinson Municipal Airport (HUT)

Coordinates

38.0675, -97.8536

Aircraft

Commander 114TC

Registration

N6107Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oklahoma City → Hutchinson

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CHI04FA025

1 person died.

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.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.