Accidents
Preliminary Report: Crashes on NDB approach
CESSNA 208B, MANTEO, N.C., DEC.

CESSNA 208B, MANTEO, N.C., DEC. 25, 2002–At about 1 a.m. EST Cessna N1122Y, registered to Avion Capital Corp. and operated by Telford Aviation, crashed into Croatan Sound near Manteo. The aircraft was in IMC on an instrument flight plan. The ATP-rated pilot was killed and the aircraft was substantially damaged. The flight departed Elizabeth City, N.C., about 25 minutes before the accident occurred.

The pilot was in radio contact with Washington Center and had been cleared for the NDB Runway 05 approach at Dare County Regional Airport (MQI) when it was five miles northeast of the airport. The aircraft disappeared from radar contact when it descended below 2,000 feet about five miles north of the airport while maneuvering for the approach.

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