Accident · 1989-05-10

NTSB case LAX89FA192 · BEECH 200 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1989-05-10
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: BEECH 200 (N39YV)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: MESA AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): MESA AIRLINES, INC.

Probable cause

IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN HAS INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AND SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE WEATHER AND TERRAIN CONDITIONS WERE CONSIDERED TO BE RELATED FACTORS.

Source: NTSB case LAX89FA192

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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