# Accident 19891226053219A: Bag JETSTM3101, Pasco, WA, December 26, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1989, 22:31 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri Cities Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NAXA
- Location: 46.2649° N, 119.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (PSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2649&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N410UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N410UE-1990-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101 (registry code 1500216, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3101
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33110U
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 670 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA90MA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA90MA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891226053219A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON CLOSE IN UNSTABILIZED APPROACH STALLED 600 FEET FROM RUNWAY. AIRFRAME ICING AND ATC VECTORS WERE FACTORS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA90MA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA90MA011), Dec 27, 1989: British Aerospace BAE-3101 (N410UE), Pasco, WA, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: THE FLIGHTCREW'S DECISION TO CONTINUE AN UNSTABILIZED INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) APPROACH THAT LED TO A STALL, MOST LIKELY OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AND LOSS OF CONTROL AT LOW ALTITUDE.…

## Other reports on N410UE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880918065259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880918065259I), Sep 18, 1988: Bag JETSTM3101 (N410UE), Pullman/Moscow, WA. Made dry takeoff instead of water methanol takeoff resulting in making over gross weight takeoff.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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