# NTSB Accident MIA02FA037
> **Cessna 208B** · 2001-12-01 · Bessemer, AL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA02FA037
- **Event ID:** 20011210X02372
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-12-01
- **Location:** Bessemer, AL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.313331, -86.935836
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 208B
- **Registration:** N499BA
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The poor in-flight planning by the pilot-in-command for his initiation of the ILS approach to runway 05 with weather conditions below minimums for the approach contrary to the federal aviation regulations, and the failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during a missed approach resulting in the in-flight collision with trees then terrain.

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