Beechcraft 1900C crash, Jan 3, 1992 (2 killed), Saranac L...
Beechcraft 1900C accident on January 3, 1992 near Saranac Lake-Adirondack, New York, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Captain's failure to...
- Date: January 3, 1992
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900C
- Location: Saranac Lake-Adirondack, New York, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Captain's failure to establish a stabilized approach, inadequate instrument cross-check and descent below minimum altitude, with the copilot's failure to monitor; possible precipitation static interference with the glide slope was a factor.
A USAir Express Beech 1900C on an ILS approach to Saranac Lake descended below the glide slope and struck a wooded hilltop short of the runway. The NTSB cited the captain's unstabilized approach and the copilot's failure to monitor, with possible precipitation static affecting the glide slope. Two occupants were killed and two survived.