Swearingen SA-226TC accident near Kearns, UT
On January 15, 1987, a Swearingen SA-226TC (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kearns, UT. 10 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 15, 1987
- Place
- Kearns, UT
- Aircraft
- Swearingen SA-226TC · Airplane
- Injuries
- 10 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.650°N, 112.010°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001213X30060
Official records · DCA87MA018
- Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations
Conditions
- Local time
- 7:52 PM
- Light
- Daylight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 270° at 9 kt
- Visibility
- 30 mi
- Cloud ceiling
- 15,000 ft
From Wikipedia
On Thursday, January 15, 1987, SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834, a Swearingen SA-226TC (Metro II), and a Mooney M20 were involved in a midair collision at 12:52 MST (UTC−7) near Kearns, Utah, a suburb southwest of Salt Lake City. All ten aboard the two aircraft were killed: two pilots and six passengers aboard the Metro II and two aboard the Mooney.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators primarily blamed the small plane pilots for wandering into restricted airspace, but a judge later assigned 51% responsibility to FAA air traffic controllers.
Text from Wikipedia, “SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
