Cessna 182P accident near Columbia, SC
On January 5, 2007, a Cessna 182P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Columbia, SC. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 5, 2007
- Place
- Columbia, SC
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.947°N, 81.156°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070111X00040
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 4, 2007, at 2337 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182P, N55YS, registered to Four Seasons LLC, operated by M. B. Kahn Construction Company Inc., as a 14 CFR Part 91 business flight, collided with trees and the ground, while maneuvering during an instrument approach, in the vicinity of Columbia Metropolitan Airport, Columbia, South Carolina. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The airplane was sustained substantial damage and the airline transport rated pilot, and two passengers were sustained fatal injuries. The flight originated from Newport News Williamsburg International Airport, Newport News, Virginia, on January 4, 2007, at 2028. Review of transcripts between Columbia Approach Control and the pilot revealed the pilot was cleared for a Localizer Runway 31 approach at Columbia Owens Downtown Airport, Columbia, South Carolina, at 2316. Review of radar data for N55YS, revealed that at 2319 the airplane crossed HIDEE intersection at 1,300 feet (all altitudes msl), 500 feet below the published minimum crossing altitude. At 2320, the pilot informed the north radar controller that he was executing a missed approach and initiated a right turn instead of executing the published missed approach procedure. The north radar controller replied, "N5YS, roger, climb and maintain two thousand one hundred, you're radar contact. " The pilot replied, "two point one and we may as well come over and spend the night with you." The Minimum Safe Altitude Warning alert activated at 2319, and
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow approach procedures by descending below the prescribed descision height altitude resulting in an in-flight collision with trees and the ground. This report was modified on January 25, 2008.
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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.
