Seattle - Moses Lake - Spokane

On January 20, 1981 at 11:27 AM, Seattle - Moses Lake - Spokane experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 99 Airliner, operated by Cascade Airways, with the event recorded near Spokane-Intl Washington.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 77.8%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft crashed during an instrument approach in IMC at Spokane-Intl Airport. The aircraft hit a hill about 4.5 miles from the runway threshold at an elevation of 2,546 feet. The minimum descent altitude for the instrument approach procedure was 2,760 feet. Of the nine persons aboard flight 201, seven were killed and two were injured seriously. The instrument approach procedure the fiightcrew used required that a altitude of 3,500 feet be maintained until the aircraft passed the final approach fix, located 4,5 miles from the runway threshold. The aircraft impacted the ground near the location of the final approach fix, which was about 1,800 feet southeast of the Spokane VORTAC.

Aircraft reference details include registration N390CA, MSN U-101, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.6200°, -117.5424°.