Date: | Thursday 15 January 1987 |
Time: | 12:52 |
Type: | Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
Owner/operator: | SkyWest Airlines |
Registration: | N163SW |
MSN: | TC-327 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-3UW-303G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kearns, UT -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Pocatello Airport, ID (PIH/KPIH) |
Destination airport: | Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Metro collided with a Mooney 20 (N6485U) at 7000 feet, while the Metro was on a runway 34 approach. Both airplanes fell to the ground with the wreckage scattered over 2sq miles in a residential area.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Lack of navigational vigilance by the Mooney instructor pilot which led to the authorized intrusion into the Salt Lake City airport radar service area. Contributing to the accident were the absence of a Mode-C transponder on the Mooney airplane and the limitations of the air traffic control system to provide collision protection under the circumstances of this accident."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NTSB/AAR-88-03 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB/AAR-88/03
Location
Images:
photo (c) John Christensen; Kearns, UT; 17 January 1987
photo (c) John Christensen; Kearns, UT; 17 January 1987
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