Aug 4, 2005
Accident
Destroyed Parker, CO
Injuries1 fatal
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsIMC
OperationFAR 135
Probable Cause
The pilot’s failure to fly a stabilized instrument approach at night which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing factors were; the dark night, low clouds, the inadequate design and function of the airport facility’s Minimum Safe Altitude Warning System (MSAW), and the FAA’s inadequate procedure for updating information to ATC controllers.
NTSB DFW05FA202