Beech B-55 accident near Nantucket, MA
On December 1, 2005, a Beech B-55 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Nantucket, MA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 1, 2005
- Place
- Nantucket, MA
- Aircraft
- Beech B-55 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.253°N, 70.060°W
- NTSB ID
- 20051207X01950
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 1, 2005, at 1644 eastern standard time, a Beech B-55, N64PW, was presumed destroyed during collision with water, while on approach to Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK), Nantucket, Massachusetts. The certificated commercial pilot was not located, and presumed to be fatally injured. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Teterboro Airport (TEB), Teterboro, New Jersey, about 1530. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane was based at ACK. Earlier in the day, the pilot flew his son to TEB, dropped him off, and refueled the airplane to capacity. The pilot then obtained a weather briefing from a flight service station (FSS), and filed an IFR flight plan for the return flight to ACK. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control (ATC) data, the pilot was in radio contact with Cape Cod Approach at 1633. At that time, the airplane was descending to 4,000 feet and approaching ACK. The ATC controller then provided vectors for the ILS Runway 6 approach. At 1640:03, the controller vectored the airplane off the localizer for spacing, with an assigned heading of 100 degrees, and a descent to 1,700 feet. At 1641:05, the controller vectored the airplane back onto the localizer, and subsequently cleared the flight for the ILS approach at 1642:04. At that time, the airplane was approximately 2 miles prior to the final approach fix (CRAYG intersection), at 2,000 feet, and 140 knots groundspeed. The crossing altitude
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the proper glidepath during the instrument approach, which resulted in controlled flight into water. Factors were the failure of the air traffic controllers to issue minimum safe altitude warnings, night lighting conditions, and a 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.
