British Aerospace Jetstream 32 accident near Kirksville, MO
On October 20, 2004, a British Aerospace Jetstream 32 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kirksville, MO. 13 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 20, 2004
- Place
- Kirksville, MO
- Aircraft
- British Aerospace Jetstream 32 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 13 fatal, 2 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.191°N, 92.570°W
- NTSB ID
- 20041020X01659
Official records · DCA05MA004
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
- Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations
Air traffic control records
- Operations 2-Attachment 14_aeronautical Radio Arinclog Sheet: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3-Factual Report Of Group Chairman: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3-Attachment 1_faa Accident Package: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-06/01. On October 19, 2004, about 1937 central daylight time, Corporate Airlines (doing business as American Connection) flight 5966, a BAE Systems BAE-J3201, N875JX, struck trees on final approach and crashed short of runway 36 at Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK), Kirksville, Missouri. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 as a scheduled passenger flight from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL), in St. Louis, Missouri, to IRK. The captain, first officer, and 11 of the 13 passengers were fatally injured, and 2 passengers received serious injuries. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a postimpact fire. Night instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed for the flight, which operated on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan.
Probable cause
the pilots' failure to follow established procedures and properly conduct a nonprecision instrument approach at night in IMC, including their descent below the minimum descent altitude (MDA) before required visual cues were available (which continued unmoderated until the airplane struck the trees) and their failure to adhere to the established division of duties between the flying and nonflying (
From Wikipedia
Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 was a scheduled passenger flight from St. Louis to Kirksville, Missouri, United States. On October 19, 2004, the British Aerospace Jetstream 32 aircraft operating the flight crashed on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport as a result of pilot error, killing 13 of the 15 people aboard.
Text from Wikipedia, “Corporate Airlines Flight 5966”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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