On Sep 14, 10:40 pm, Harry K wrote:
I tried to find the story on the website with no luck. Following is a
heavily edited version

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From Spokesman-Review (spokesmanreview.com), Spokane, Wa 09/14/07

Plane crash kills all three on board

An A-36 Beechcraft bonanza registed toTextana Inc, a Montana oil and
gas exploration company, on a flight from Havre Montana to Skagit
Regional airport crashed near Burlington, Wa (about 60 miles N of
Seattle).

FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer said the plane was preparing to land when
it dropped off radar.

NTSB investigor Kirt Anderson said the plane was on its second
approach to the airport at the time. Anderson said visibility was 1/4
mile with a cloud ceiling of 100 ft but it was too early to say
whether the weather played any part.

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Interesting conditions for a single engine plane attempting to land.

Harry K

Update:

From the Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA 09/27/07

Pilot in Fatal Plane Crash Tried a GPS Landing

Associated Press

Great Falls - A Havre (Montana) based plane that crashed in Washington
state, killing all three people aboard, clipped some trees as the
pilot was attempting a second global positioning system approach to
land, the NTSB said in a preliminary report.

Pilot John O. Brown Sr., 59 and passengers Randall Mcpherson and
Cristopher Schafer died in the Sept 13 crash at bayview-Skagit
regional Airport....

The plane crashed into a dense stand of trees about four hours later,
1.5 miles NW of the runway's approach....

The cloud ceiling was 100 feet overcast and visibility was a quarter
mile, said NTSB Investigator-In-charge Orrin K. Anderson....

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I didn't know GPS could be used as a landing aid.

Harry K