Swearingen SA226T Merlin III crash, Sep 18, 1995, Chino
Swearingen SA226T Merlin III accident on September 18, 1995 near Chino, California, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot's improper IFR...
- Date: September 18, 1995
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226T Merlin III
- Location: Chino, California, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's improper IFR procedure, including not initiating a missed approach at the outer marker and continuing the descent past decision height. Adverse weather and the controller's improper vectoring onto the localizer were contributing factors.
A Swearingen Merlin III operated by Great Western Hotels was making a positioning flight from Apple Valley to Chino. During an ILS approach in fog, the crew did not execute a missed approach at the outer marker and tried to intercept the glideslope from above. The aircraft descended through the glideslope and hit level terrain about 1,000 feet short of the runway. No one was killed.