Boeing 737-200 crash, Jun 2, 1990, Unalakleet
Boeing 737-200 accident on June 2, 1990 near Unalakleet, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Deficiencies in flight crew coordination,...
- Date: June 2, 1990
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Unalakleet, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Deficiencies in flight crew coordination, failure to adequately prepare for and execute the non precision approach, and a subsequent premature descent (NTSB AAR-91/02).
A MarkAir Boeing 737-200 on positioning flight MarkAir 3087 from Anchorage was on a localizer approach to runway 14 at Unalakleet, Alaska, on 2 June 1990 in instrument conditions. It struck the ground about 7.5 miles short of the runway and was destroyed. Four people on board were injured, one of them seriously, and nobody was killed.