[JoeGar]

I don't really know much about that accident, as it was three years shy of my first solo.

Accident Description: "The aircraft crashed while attempting to land at the Charlotte/Douglas International AIrport in fog. Pilot Error."
DC-9, 70 dead, 12 survivors.

[blackdog]

You almost have to try to goof that approach. If memory serves me, MDA/MAP is around 75' AGL. Absolutely no obstructions other than the roller coaster, which is still three miles from the inner marker.

The fog can get quite dense there, with a ground visibility that's forever, and really solid defined fog layer. I watched Rusty Wallace's N500RW King Air do two missed approaches late one night. His pilot Bill had his wheels hanging thru as clear as could be but yet he couldn't see the runway. He's very professional and even though we told him his position he went up to Concord instead.