BAe Jetstream 31 crash, Dec 26, 1989 (6 killed), Pasco-Tr...
BAe Jetstream 31 accident on December 26, 1989 near Pasco-Tri-Cities, Washington, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: The flightcrew decision to...
- Date: December 26, 1989
- Aircraft: BAe Jetstream 31
- Location: Pasco-Tri-Cities, Washington, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The flightcrew decision to continue an unstabilized ILS approach, which led to a stall, most likely of the horizontal stabilizer, and loss of control at low altitude. Contributing factors were improper air traffic control vectoring and airframe icing.
A United Express Jetstream 31 crashed on approach to Pasco airport in Washington State at night on 26 December 1989. All six people on board were killed. The NTSB found that the crew continued an unstabilized ILS approach, that air traffic control vectoring left the aircraft high on the approach and that airframe ice contributed to a stall at low altitude and loss of control.