Accident · 2005-01-13

What the record says

Event date

2005-01-13

Event type

Accident

Highest injury level

Fatal injury

Aircraft

Embraer EMB-110P1 (N49BA)

Operating rule

Part 135

Operator

operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The pilot's improper decision to attempt a single-engine missed approach with the airplane in a slow airspeed, full flap configuration, which resulted in a minimum control speed (Vmc) roll. Contributing factors included an inoperative engine for undetermined reasons, the pilot's in-flight decision to divert to an airport with low ceilings and visibility while better conditions existed elsewhere, the pilot's failure to advise or seek assistance from air traffic control or his company, and the low cloud ceilings, fog, and night lighting conditions.

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.