# Accident 20041019033429A: Bag JETSTM3201, Kirksville, MO, October 19, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2004, 19:45 local time
- Place: Kirksville, MO
- Airport: Kirksville Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: O3XA
- Location: 40.1905° N, 92.5705° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1905&lon=-92.5705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N875JX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N875JX-2005-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3201 (registry code 1500217, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3201
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 13
- Pilot flight hours: 4,234 total, 2,510 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA05MA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA05MA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041019033429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/19/04, ABOUT 1937 CST, A BRITISH AEROSPACE JETSTREAM 3200, TWIN-ENGINE TURBOPROP AIRPLANE, N875JX, OPERATING AS AMERICAN CONNECTION FLIGHT 5966 CRASHED DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO THE KIRKSVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT, IN KIRKSVILLE, MO. THE AIRPLANE CARRIED 2 CREWMEMBERS AND 13 PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A SCHEDULE PART 121 AIRLINE FLIGHT. IT DEPARTED FROM ST. LOUIS, MO ABOUT 1845 AND WAS DESTINED FOR KIRKSVILLE.

## 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 DCA05MA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA05MA004), Oct 20, 2004: British Aerospace Jetstream 32 (N875JX), Kirksville, MO, destroyed, 13 fatal. Probable cause: the pilots' failure to follow established procedures and properly conduct a nonprecision instrument approach at night in IMC, including their descent below the minimum descent altitude (MDA) before…

## Other reports on N875JX (2)

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

- [Incident 19991216034119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991216034119I), Dec 16, 1999: Bag JETSTM3201 (N875JX), Fresno, CA. (-23) During final approach into Fresno Yosemite int'l airport (fat), the number 1 engine was shut down due to an illuminated "low fuel pressure" light and…
- [Incident 19990511016489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990511016489I), May 11, 1999: Bag JETSTM3201 (N875JX), Marion, IL. During cruise while on a revenue flight from cape giradeau MO. To Marion IL. The flight crew heard a strange noise and noticed a loss of hydraulic pressure on…

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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