Saint Louis – Kirksville

On October 19, 2004 at 07:37 PM, Saint Louis – Kirksville experienced a crash involving BAe Jetstream 31, operated by American Connection, with the event recorded near Kirksville Missouri.

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.

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: 2, passengers on board: 13, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On October 19, 2004, about 1937 central daylight time, Corporate Airlines (doing business as American Connection) flight 5966, a BAE Systems BAE-J3201, N875JX, struck trees on final approach and crashed short of runway 36 at Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK), Kirksville, Missouri. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a scheduled passenger flight from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, in St. Louis, Missouri, to IRK. The captain, first officer, and 11 of the 13 passengers were fatally injured, and 2 passengers received serious injuries. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a post impact fire. Night instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed at the time of the accident, and the flight operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan.

Aircraft reference details include registration N875JX, MSN 875, year of manufacture 1990.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.1949°, -92.5834°.