Cessna 172N accident near Mount Sterling, KY
On October 15, 2002, a Cessna 172N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Mount Sterling, KY. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 15, 2002
- Place
- Mount Sterling, KY
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.098°N, 83.945°W
- NTSB ID
- 20021023X05372
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 15, 2002, about 1720 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N6413J, was destroyed during an approach to Mount Sterling-Montgomery County Airport (IOB), Mount Sterling, Kentucky. The certificated private pilot and the passenger were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the flight that departed Greenwood Municipal Airport (HFY), Greenwood, Indiana, and was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot had been cleared for the Mount Sterling GPS RWY 21 approach. The final four fixes were: FELPO, the intermediate approach fix; ISFUR, the final approach fix; an unnamed step-down fix 2.3 nautical miles from the missed approach point; and RW21, the missed approach point. The inbound course from FELPO through RW21 was 211 degrees magnetic. The minimum descent altitude at FELPO was 3,000 feet above mean sea level (msl). The minimum descent altitude between FELPO and ISFUR was 2,600 feet msl, and between ISFUR and the unnamed step-down fix was 1,800 feet msl. The minimum descent altitude between the unnamed step-down fix and RW21, for the airspeed flown, was 1,460 feet msl. A review of Air Traffic Control (ATC) voice communications and radar data revealed that, at 1650, the pilot contacted the Lexington Terminal Radar Approach Control, advised that he was in level flight at 5,100 feet, and requested the GPS RWY 21 approach. The controller acknowledged the call, and advised the pilot that the Lexington altimeter setting was 29.85. The pilot did not acknowledge the altimet
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to follow the published instrument approach procedure, which resulted in an early descent into an antenna tower. A factor was the low ceiling.
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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.
