Beech B100 accident near Madison, MS
On November 13, 1997, a Beech B100 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Madison, MS. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 13, 1997
- Place
- Madison, MS
- Aircraft
- Beech B100 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.450°N, 90.101°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X09129
NTSB summary
History OF Flight On November 13, 1997, at 1238 central standard time, a Beech B100, N500ML, collided with the ground while maneuvering for an instrument approach to runway 16L at the Jackson International Airport in Jackson, Mississippi. The business flight operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with an instrument flight plan filed. Instrument weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was destroyed; the commercial rated pilot was fatally injured. The flight departed Muscle Shoals, Alabama, at 1130. At 0756, a man who identified himself as the pilot of N500ML, telephoned Anniston Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS), and requested a preflight briefing for an instrument flight to Jackson, Mississippi, with an enroute stop in Birmingham, Alabama. After the preflight briefing, the pilot filed two instrument flight plans to Birmingham and Jackson. At 0831, the pilot of N500ML again telephoned Anniston AFSS and cancelled both instrument flight plans. The pilot then proceeded to file one instrument flight plan from Muscle Shoals to Jackson. At 1112, the pilot of N500ML telephoned Anniston AFSS and requested an update on the previous instrument flight briefing. At 1128 the pilot radioed Anniston AFSS and requested and received an instrument flight clearance to Jackson, Mississippi. The flight was cleared to Jackson as filed and was cleared to climb and to maintain 4000 feet. At 1134, the pilot reported on frequency with Memphis Center, at which time the flight was cleared to 16,000 feet. A review of communications between N500ML and t
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft due to spatial disorientation. A related factor was: the instrument weather conditions.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
