Beech 200 accident near Belgrade, MT
On February 7, 2007, a Beech 200 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Belgrade, MT. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- February 7, 2007
- Place
- Belgrade, MT
- Aircraft
- Beech 200 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 45.993°N, 111.237°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070214X00187
Official records · SEA07FA051
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC 3 - ATC Radar Study: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Salt Lake ARTCC NTAP Files: Document (TXT), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Salt Lake ARTCC DART file: Document (TXT), on ntsb.gov
- Transcript of Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
This report was modified on January 6, 2008. HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 6, 2007, at 2104 mountain standard time, a Beech 200 King Air airplane, N45MF, registered to and operated by Metro Aviation, Inc., of Shreveport, Louisiana, collided with sparsely populated mountainous terrain approximately 13 nautical miles (nm) north-northwest of the Gallatin Field Airport (BZN), Belgrade, Montana. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) positioning flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was in effect. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the three occupants, an airline transport pilot, flight paramedic and flight nurse, were killed. The air ambulance was under contract to Benefis Healthcare/Mercy Flight, Great Falls, Montana. The flight departed Great Falls International Airport, Great Falls, Montana, at 2040 with an intended destination of BZN (approximately 103 nm from the departure airport). Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the departure airport and dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the destination airport. A review of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) transcripts for the flight indicated that radio communications with the airplane was lost shortly after the pilot was cleared for the visual approach to runway 12 at BZN. At 2108 the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office received reports of a downed aircraft. The wreckage was located about 2230 that evening approximately 80 feet below the peak of a ridge that rose to an elevation of approximatel
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate altitude and descent rate during a night visual approach. Dark night conditions and mountainous terrain are factors in the accident.
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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.
