Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash, Mar 13, 1986 (3 killed)
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante accident on March 13, 1986 near Alpena-County-Phelps-Collins, Michigan, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The...
- Date: March 13, 1986
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
- Location: Alpena-County-Phelps-Collins, Michigan, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The flightcrew continued the descent below the glideslope and through decision height without visual reference of the runway for undetermined reasons. NTSB also cited an inefficient weather information dissemination system as a contributing factor.
Simmons Airlines Flight 1746, an Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante (N1356P) on a scheduled Detroit to Alpena and Sault Ste Marie service, crashed in a wooded area about 1.5 miles short of the runway during a second ILS approach to Alpena on 13 March 1986. Three of the nine people on board were killed and six survived.