Beechcraft 80 Queen Air crash, Oct 17, 1998, Brainerd-Lak...
Beechcraft 80 Queen Air accident on October 17, 1998 near Brainerd-Lakes Regional, Minnesota, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot's...
- Date: October 17, 1998
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air
- Location: Brainerd-Lakes Regional, Minnesota, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper glidepath and his diversion of attention during a critical phase of flight.
A Beech Queen Air on a positioning flight from Minneapolis to Brainerd was flying an ILS approach at night. The pilot had the transmitter selected to the wrong radio, was distracted while sorting it out, and let the aircraft drop below the glide path before he could react. The aircraft struck terrain short of the runway. The pilot was uninjured.