Incident Overview
During an instrument landing system (ILS) approach to runway 3, the aircraft collided with 50-foot powerlines located 3 miles southwest of the airport. After the initial impact, the aircraft then collided with a mobile home and a pickup truck. Half of the 60-foot mobile home and the truck were destroyed.
Location Details
The wreckage site ground elevation was 1,420 feet above mean sea level (MSL). The approach procedure included minimum altitudes at specific points: at the LIM (location unspecified), which is 5.2 miles from the middle marker (MM), the minimum altitude is 3,334 feet MSL. At the MAREY intersection, located 0.9 miles from the MM, the minimum altitude is 1,900 feet MSL.
Altitude Information
The minimum altitudes for the approach at LIM and MAREY intersection were 3,334 ft MSL and 1,900 ft MSL, respectively. The ground elevation at the accident site was 1,420 ft MSL, significantly below the minimum altitudes prescribed for those points.