Accident Beechcraft 200 Super King Air N501RH,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322521

Date:	Sunday 24 October 2004
Time:	12:35
Type:	Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
Owner/operator:	Hendrick Motorsports, Inc
Registration:	N501RH
MSN:	BB-805
Year of manufacture:	1981
Total airframe hrs:	8140 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Stuart, VA - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Concord Regional Airport, NC (USA/KJQF)
Destination airport:	Martinsville-Blue Ridge Airport, VA (KMTV)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, N501RH, operated by Hendrick Motorsports, Inc., crashed into mountainous terrain in Stuart, Virginia, during a missed approach to Martinsville/Blue Ridge Airport (MTV), Martinsville, Virginia. The flight was transporting Hendrick Motorsports employees and others to an automobile race in Martinsville, Virginia. The two flight crewmembers and eight passengers were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed at the time of the accident.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to properly execute the published instrument approach procedure, including the published missed approach procedure, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the cause of the accident was the flight crew's failure to use all available navigational aids to confirm and monitor the airplane's position during the approach."

Accident investigation: