British BAE-3101 N331PX

Summary

On 14 December 1987 at about 19:58 local time, a British BAE-3101 registered N331PX, operated by Express Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident near Joplin, Missouri, United States. 7 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 5 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 December 1987 at 19:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Joplin, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Joplin Municipal (JLN)

Coordinates

37.0793, -94.4997

Aircraft

British BAE-3101

Registration

N331PX

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Express Airlines, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Memphis → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC88FA027

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE CAPT STATED THAT HE HAD PLANNED THE APPROACH AT A HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE DUE TO A REPORTED LOW LEVEL WINDSHEAR. AT 400 FEET AGL THE ACFT ENTERED A LIGHT DOWNDRAFT BUT THE CREW CORRECTED THE DESCENT PROFILE WITH POWER. AT 200 FEET AGL THE ACFT SUDDENLY, ACCORDING TO THE CAPT, PITCHED DOWN BEFORE IMPACTING THE RUNWAY. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ACFT PITCHED DOWN ON SHORT FINAL, LEVELED OFF, THEN SLAMMED ONTO THE RUNWAY ON ALL WHEELS. IT THEN BOUNCED, PITCHED DOWN AGAIN AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY NOSE-FIRST. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION, OPERATIONAL TEST, AND TEARDOWN OF THE AIRPLANE'S STALL PROTECTION SYSTEM FOUND IT TO BE FUNCTIONING SATISFACTORILY. THE TWO POWERPLANTS ALSO TESTED WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.