AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2022 - 76

South central Idaho. One mile visibility
in mist and light snow. Temperature
negative 3, dew point negative 5 degrees
Celsius. The VFR conditions forecast
earlier now seem a mirage. A springcum-winter
morning turned nasty that
snatched the life of a young freight dog
earning her place in a demanding arena.
Flying single pilot IFR in a Cessna 208B
Caravan, she planned a familiar route:
Salt Lake City (SLC) to Burley Municipal
Airport (BYI) in Idaho, 133 nautical miles
to the northwest.
She knew better than to trust the
forecast and discussed the trip with
her operations leader. This would be no
" milk run, " the term coined by Allied
pilots in World War II for flights with
little danger. Not this approach, to this
runway at this airport, in this weather.
The day before, the pilot had attempted
the same run and been forced to divert.
Spring weather in Idaho, always precarious,
seemed especially volatile this year.
ADS-B data, camera footage, controller
communications, and eyewitnesses
all offer clues to the progress of her
flight and the final tragic moments.
FlightAware tracking data indicates
an uneventful en route phase followed
by a first approach to Runway 20 that
appeared solid: precise course tracking,
adherence to step-down altitudes, steady
descent, although slightly steep. From
the final approach fix to the minimum
descent altitude, she descended around
1,000 fpm.
Rough calculations from ADS-B
ground speed indicate she was fast on
the approach, but close to her operation's
procedures, which call for 120 knots on
approach until visual with the runway.
She would have been comfortable at her
speed, even if slightly fast, in a Caravan
landing on a 4,000-foot runway with
dynamic propeller pitch options ( " beta " )
for short landing roll.
She flew to the MDA, and went
missed, continuing directly over the
runway and into the published missed
approach procedure, then directly to the
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The nagging question is why? Why did she drop that low, that early?
How did she go quickly from an approach that looked under control to
disaster in a half-mile span?
initial approach fix for another attempt.
The pilot flew outbound from the IAF on
the procedure turn, then turned inbound
and intercepted the final approach
course. All seemed under control except
for a short transmission that may have
been a harbinger. After clearing her
inbound, the controller asked if she had
passed the IAF, she first answered negative,
then subsequently replied that she
had crossed the fix. Was this a sign that
she was stressed, perhaps a little behind
the airplane and a little confused on her
position as she began the approach? Or
was it just a misspeak, a small communications
error?

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