Cessna 208B accident near Bessemer, AL
On December 1, 2001, a Cessna 208B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bessemer, AL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 1, 2001
- Place
- Bessemer, AL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.313°N, 86.936°W
- NTSB ID
- 20011210X02372
Official records · MIA02FA037
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Transcript of Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 1, 2001, about 0143 central standard time, a Cessna 208B, N499BA, registered to and operated by Air Carriers, Inc., using call sign "Fast Check 600", collided with trees then terrain during an instrument landing system (ILS) approach to runway 05, at Bessemer Airport, Bessemer, Alabama. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 135, on-demand, non-scheduled, domestic, cargo flight from Little Rock, Arkansas, to the Bessemer Airport, Bessemer, Alabama. The airplane was destroyed and the commercial-rated pilot and a pilot-rated passenger (another company pilot) were fatally injured. The flight originated approximately 2356 from the Adams Field Airport, Little Rock, Arkansas. Shortly after takeoff, the flight was radar identified and cleared to fly direct to the Bessemer Airport. At 0009, air traffic control (ATC) communications were transferred from the Little Rock Air Traffic Control Tower to the Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center (Memphis ARTCC). The flight remained in contact with that facility from 0009 to 0122; radar data indicates that between 0011 and 0122, the flight was conducted at 9,000 feet mean sea level (msl). At 0055, the R13 sector controller provided the pilot the Birmingham altimeter setting of 30.17 inHg. At 0122, ATC communications were transferred to Birmingham Air Traffic Control Tower (KBHM ATCT). According to a transcription of communications between the pilot of Fast Check 600 and the Birmingham ATCT, at 0122:51, th
Probable cause
The poor in-flight planning by the pilot-in-command for his initiation of the ILS approach to runway 05 with weather conditions below minimums for the approach contrary to the federal aviation regulations, and the failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during a missed approach resulting in the in-flight collision with trees then terrain.
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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.
