- Date
- October 6, 1987, 22:38 local (Oct 7, 1987, 05:38 UTC)
- Place
- Kennewick, WA
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N406UEBritish Aerospace BA-3101
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871006058879A
- Case key
- 40745
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Overrun
Landed at wrong airport - inadvertentCause
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
While on a flight to pasco, WA. The pilot inadvertently landed at the Kennewick, WA. Vista airport, landed long, and overran the runway. The aircraft departed the end of the runway and impacted terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N406UE
- Reported as
- British Aerospace BA-3101
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 759
- Airframe hours
- 177
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331, 1,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- North Pacific Airlines, doing business as United Express
- Registered owner
- First Security Bank Of Utah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 26, 1987 · 79 hours before
- Departed
- PDX · Portland, OR
- Destination
- PSC · Pasco, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- S98 · Vista, runway 2, 3,490 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,693 total · 228 in this make and model · 5,336 as pilot in command · 205 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSC, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.