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The pilots made an error under lots of pressure and adverse weather
conditions. The list of fatal accident reports where stepdown fixes are
busted in G/A during IMC is a very long list indeed.


Yes, the pilots made an error, but they did not find granite or trees while
getting down to a step-down fix as you stated in your previous message.
They descended below the MDA and struck trees over two miles past the
step-down fix.