- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | March 15, 1989 |
Time: | 0725 |
Location: | West Lafayette, Indiana |
Operator: | Mid Pacific Air |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Terre Haute - Lafayette |
AC Type: | NAMC YS-11A-300F |
Registration: | N128MP |
cn / ln: | 2139 |
Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While landing the cargo plane pitched down and crashed short of the runway. A loss of control due to the improper in-flight decisions by the crew and the undetected accumulation of ice on the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer, during flight in a forward centre of gravity condition and exacerbated by the extension of full landing flaps. |
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