# NTSB Accident IAD97FA025
> **Aero Commander 681** · 1996-11-30 · MANSFIELD, OH, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD97FA025
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07044
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-11-30
- **Location:** MANSFIELD, OH, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.779254, -82.530097
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aero Commander
- **Model:** 681
- **Registration:** N9129N
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's early descent below the minimum descent altitude (MDA), while preparing to land from an instrument approach, and his failure to maintain adequate altitude and clearance from obstruction(s).

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