Beech 58 accident near Dubuque, IA
On October 23, 2001, a Beech 58 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Dubuque, IA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 23, 2001
- Place
- Dubuque, IA
- Aircraft
- Beech 58 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.430°N, 90.671°W
- NTSB ID
- 20011030X02168
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 23, 2001, at 0522 central daylight time, a Beech 58, N7235R, operated by Multi-Aero, Inc., was destroyed when it impacted trees and the embankment of a county road about 1.25 miles southeast of the Dubuque Regional Airport (DBQ), Dubuque, Iowa. The airline transport pilot received fatal injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight departed DuPage Airport (DPA), West Chicago, Illinois, at 0435 and was en route to DBQ. The flight had been cleared for and was flying the DBQ LOC RWY 31 instrument approach. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed. At 0506:29, the pilot contacted the air traffic controller at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). The pilot reported that N7235R was at 4,000 feet mean sea level (msl). At 0506:49, the pilot reported, "We got the weather and we'd like to do the three one ILS, negative glide slope, localizer approach to Dubuque." At 0512:23, the controller stated, "Three Five Romeo is radar contact, ah, show you at four. Fly heading of, ah, two six zero. Vectors for the, ah, localizer three one approach." At 0516:40, the controller stated, "Three Five Romeo, ah, position seven miles southeast of the outer marker. Fly heading two eight zero. Maintain three thousand, three hundred until established and, ah, cleared for the straight in ILS runway 31 approach with the glide slope out of service." At 0517:01, the pilot responded, "Ok. Three point three, two eighty to join, a
Probable cause
The pilot continued flight into known adverse weather and disregarded the minimum descent altitude. Additional factors were the conditions conducive to pilot fatigue, fog, and night.
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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.
