N865AS

On July 17, 2012 at 01:00 AM, N865AS experienced a crash involving Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-200, operated by Delta Connection, with the event recorded near Saint George Utah.

The flight was categorized as illegal (smuggling) and the reported phase was taxiing at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. Registered N865AS, the landed at Saint George Airport, Utah, at 2236LT after completing flight DL7772 from Salt Lake City. All occupants deplaned and the aircraft was parked on the ramp for the night. Shortly after midnight, a commercial pilot climbed over the barbed wire fence, open the door of the aircraft (which was not closed by key) and managed to start the engines. The aircraft rolled for several metres before then impacted the terminal building, went through the fence and came to rest in a parking lot. The pilot shot himself in the cockpit. Polices forces confirmed later that he wanted to stole the aircraft after his girlfriend was killed that day in Colorado Springs.

Aircraft reference details include registration N865AS, MSN 7507, year of manufacture 2001.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.1099°, -113.5649°.