Aero Commander AC50 N662MW

Summary

On 21 March 2006 at about 02:30 local time, a Aero Commander AC50 registered N662MW, operated by Central Air Southwest, Inc., was involved in an accident near Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 March 2006 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Shreveport Regional Airport (KSHV)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Aero Commander AC50

Registration

N662MW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Central Air Southwest, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dallas → Shreveport

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DFW06CA089

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to execute a missed approach after losing visual contact with the runway, which resulted in a collision with approach lights. Factors were the dark night conditions and the fog.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While executing a night instrument approach in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), the 2,576-hour instrument rated commercial pilot visually identified the runway end identifier lights (REIL) and elected to continue the approach visually. When the airplane was approximately 100-feet above ground level (AGL), the airplane entered ground fog and the pilot lost visual contact with the runway. The airplane continued to descend, and subsequently collided with several runway approach lights short of the landing threshold for runway 14. The pilot was informed when he was cleared for the approach that the visibility was one and one half mile.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.