He stated that less than five minutes later, he felt a "sharp blow", added full power, and pitched the nose up but the recovery attempt was unsuccessful. He stated that after turning inbound on the final approach course he performed the before landing checklist, set the gear and flaps, and reported inbound on the common traffic advisory frequency. In a written statement, the pilot reported that he elected to use the 7 nautical mile DME arc of the VOR Runway 32 approach to transition to the ILS approach and he used an altitude of 4,700 feet for the transition. The flight originated from the Pierre Regional Airport, Pierre, South Dakota, about one hour prior to the accident. The 14 CFR Part 135 cargo flight was operated by Alpine Aviation as Alpine flight 408 (AIP408) and was in night instrument meteorological conditions on an instrument flight rules flight plan. On December 29, 2006, about 0200 mountain standard time, a Beech B-99, N99TH, piloted by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage when it impacted the ground during an instrument approach to runway 32 at the Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP), Rapid City, South Dakota.
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