Beech 200 accident near Oscoda, Michigan, September 25, 2018

The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record

The airline transport pilot of the multiengine airplane was cleared for the VOR approach. The weather at the airport was reported as 400 ft overcast with 4 miles visibility in drizzle. When the airplane failed to arrive at the airport as scheduled, a search was initiated, and the wreckage was located soon thereafter. Radar data indicated that the pilot was provided vectors to intercept the final approach course. The last radar return indicated that the airplane was at 2,200 ft and 8.1 miles from the runway threshold. It impacted terrain 3.5 miles from the runway threshold and left of the final approach course. According to the published approach procedure, the minimum descent altitude was 1,100 feet, which was 466 ft above airport elevation. Examination of the wreckage revealed that the airplane had impacted the tops of trees and descended at a 45° angle to ground contact; the airplane was destroyed by a postcrash fire, thus limiting the examination; however, no anomalies were observed that would have precluded normal operation. The landing gear was extended, and approach flaps had been set. Impact and fire damage precluded an examination of the flight and navigation instruments. Autopsy and toxicology of the pilot were not performed; therefore, whether a physiological issue may have contributed to the accident could not be determined. The location of the wreckage indicates that the pilot descended below the minimum descent altitude (MDA) for the approach; however, the reason for the pilot's descent below MDA could not be determined based on the available information.

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Photographs from the investigation 12 pictures from the NTSB's docket, as the NTSB released them

Photo 1 – Tree crown and height of trees struck.Photo 2 – Swath cut through trees.Photo 3 – Propeller strike.Photo 4 – Severed tree branch.Photo 5 – Propeller A.Photo 6 – Propeller B.Photo 7 – Wing and cockpit area_Redacted.Photo 8 – Opposite end of wing and cockpit area.Photo 9 – First engine.Photo 10 – Remains of second engine.Photo 11 – Part of the left wing.Photo 12 – Part of the right wing_Redacted.

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