Accidents
Charter Aircraft Crashes On Circling Approach
Swearingen SA-227-AT, Beaver Island, Mich., February 8, 2001–Two people were killed, two seriously injured and two sustai

Swearingen SA-227-AT, Beaver Island, Mich., February 8, 2001–Two people were killed, two seriously injured and two sustained minor injuries when the SA-227 (N318DH) crashed into trees while circling to land during a night, nonprecision instrument approach at Beaver Island Airport (SJX). The airplane was on a Part 135 charter flight operated by Air Taxi & Commuter Northern Illinois Flight Center.

The circling approach was made primarily over unlit land and water. No pre-crash anomalies were found with respect to the airframe, engines or systems. The aircraft struck the ground 1.74 nm southwest of SJX.

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