N577KA

Safety history

• May 8, 1986Accident

  WHILE ON AN IFR FLT PLAN IN IMC, THE PLT EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH AFTER FLYING A LOCALIZER BACK COURSE 27 APPROACH. DURING A SUBSEQUENT ILS RWY 09L APPROACH, RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT WITH THE ACFT WAS LOST LOST. THE ACFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON THE INBOUND APPROACH COURSE 1/2 MILE EAST OF THE SAIGE LOCATOR OUTER MARKER. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND A POST IMPACT FIRE. THE AUTOPSY AND MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE PLT LED TO A CONCLUSION THAT HE WAS INCAPACITATED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. T

  Swearingen SA226AT

• May 7, 1986AccidentHull loss

  While on an IFR flight plan in IMC, the pilot executed a missed approach after flying a localizer back course 27 approach. During a subsequent ILS runway 09L approach, radio and radar contact with the aircraft were lost. The aircraft wreckage was located on the inbound approach course 1/2 mile east of the Saige locator outer marker. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post impact fire. The autopsy and medical history of the pilot led to a conclusion that he was incapacitated at the

  Swearingen SA226AT Merlin IV · 1 fatalities