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Crash of an Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante in Alpena: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1986 at 2200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N1356P
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Detroit - Alpena - Saulte Sainte Marie
MSN:
110-370
YOM:
1981
Flight number:
MQ1746
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Captain / Total flying hours:
3384
Captain / Total hours on type:
574.00
Copilot / Total flying hours:
6271
Copilot / Total hours on type:
21
Aircraft flight hours:
9698
Aircraft flight cycles:
16767
Circumstances:
About 2050 on March 13, 1986, Simmons Airlines flight 1746, an Embraer Bandeirante, EMB-110P1, operating as a regularly scheduled flight, departed the Detroit Metropolitan Airport en route to Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, with a stop in Alpena, Michigan. The en route portion of the flight to Alpena was uneventful. However, due to the prevailing instrument meteorological conditions, the crew was unable to complete the instrument landing system (ILS) approach and land and they declared a missed approach at 2142. At 2153, the flight was cleared for a second ILS approach to Alpena. At 2156, the crew acknowledged that radar services were being terminated. This was the last transmission from the airplane. About 2215, a motorist reported that the airplane had
crashed. The airplane was found in a wooded area about 300 feet to the left of the extended centerline, and 1 1/2 miles short of the threshold of runway 01 at Alpena. The airplane was destroyed and two of the seven passengers and one of the two crewmembers onboard were killed.
Probable cause:
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the flightcrew’s continued descent of the airplane below the glideslope and through the published decision height without obtaining visual reference of the runway for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the inefficient system used to disseminate weather-related information to the crew.
Final Report:

Crash of a Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 Marquise in Alpena: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 23, 1981 at 0247 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N9JS
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
La Crosse - Alpena
MSN:
178
YOM:
1969
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Captain / Total flying hours:
16776
Circumstances:
While on a night ILS approach to Alpena-County-Phelps-Collins Airport, the pilot encountered marginal weather conditions and failed to realize his altitude was too low. On short final, the twin engine airplane struck the ground and crashed 1,6 mile short of runway 36. The airplane was destroyed upon impact and all three occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Controlled collision with ground on final approach due to improper IFR operation on part of the pilot. The following contributing factors were reported:
- Low ceiling,
- Rain,
- Fog,
- Weather conditions slightly worse than forecast,
- Visibility 2 miles or less.
Final Report: