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

Surely it was IFR. They must have done a missed approach and were
coming a second time hoping it would lift a bit. The ceiling may be
reported as 100 but the pilot just needs a visual reference of some kind
at 200 if it's an ILS, like runway approach lights which could be
visible from within the lower fringe of the cloud base, to be legal to
land so it isn't necessarily wrong to try it even though the reported
ceiling is below minimums.

John