Beechcraft 99 Airliner crash, Jul 10, 1991 (13 killed), B...
Beechcraft 99 Airliner accident on July 10, 1991 near Birmingham, Alabama, United States with 13 fatalities. Cause: The captain's decision to start and...
- Date: July 10, 1991
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 99 Airliner
- Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain's decision to start and continue an instrument approach into identified thunderstorm activity, which led to a loss of control and collision with obstacles and terrain.
An L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C99 on a scheduled flight from Mobile flew an ILS approach to Birmingham while thunderstorms were in the area. It lost control and struck houses short of the runway. The captain and one passenger survived, while 13 occupants were killed; there were no injuries on the ground.