Mobile - Birmingham

On July 10, 1991 at 06:12 PM, Mobile - Birmingham experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 99 Airliner, operated by L'Express Airlines, with the event recorded near Birmingham Alabama.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

15 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 86.7%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 13, passenger fatalities: 12, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The airplane crashed into houses while on an ILS approach to runway 05 at the Birmingham Airport. The weather briefing data that the captain received in Mobile was accurate, advising him to expect thunderstorms in the Birmingham area. Birmingham atis information whiskey and xray, mentioning thunderstorms, was also accurate, and the flight crew heard them, as well as information from the approach controller that the airport was experiencing thunderstorm activity. The captain and a passenger survived while 13 other occupants were killed. There were no injuries on the ground.

Aircraft reference details include registration N7217L, MSN U-226, year of manufacture 1984.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.5207°, -86.8024°.