# NTSB SEA88LA001: British Aerospace BA-3101, N406UE, Kennewick, WA, October 7, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 6, 1987, 22:38 local (Oct 7, 1987, 05:38 UTC)
- Place: Kennewick, WA
- Coordinates: 46.210765, -119.159782 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2108&lon=-119.1598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 11 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40745
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA001
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40745/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA001

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - landed at wrong airport - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRITISH AEROSPACE BA-3101
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 759
- Airframe hours: 177
- Engines: GARRETT TPE-331 1000 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.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871006058879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871006058879A), Oct 6, 1987: Bag JETSTM3101, Kennewick, WA, Substantial damage. Landed at wrong airport and unable to stop on shorter runway. Ran off end collapsing nose gear. Complacency a factor.

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.

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