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SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834
1987 mid-air collision / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On Thursday, January 15, 1987, SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834, a Swearingen SA-226TC (METRO II), and a Mooney M20 were involved in a midair collision at 12:52 MST (UTC−7) near Kearns, Utah, a suburb southwest of Salt Lake City. All ten aboard the two aircraft were killed: two pilots and six passengers aboard the METRO II and two aboard the Mooney.[3][4][5][6][7]
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Accident | |
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Date | January 15, 1987 |
Summary | Mid-air collision |
Site | Kearns, Utah, U.S. 40°39′20″N 112°0′0″W |
Total fatalities | 10 |
Total survivors | 0 |
First aircraft | |
![]() N163SW, the Skywest SA226TC Metro II involved in the accident, in June 1980 | |
Type | Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
Operator | SkyWest Airlines |
ICAO flight No. | SKW834 |
Call sign | SKYWEST 834 |
Registration | N163SW[1] |
Flight origin | Pocatello Regional Airport, Idaho |
Destination | Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah |
Occupants | 8 |
Passengers | 6 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 8 |
Survivors | 0 |
Second aircraft | |
![]() A Mooney M20C similar to accident aircraft | |
Type | Mooney M20 |
Operator | private |
Registration | N6485U[2] |
Flight origin | South Valley Regional Airport, West Jordan, Utah |
Occupants | 2 |
Passengers | 0 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 2 |
Survivors | 0 |
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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators primarily blamed the small plane pilots for wandering into restricted airspace, but a judge later assigned 51% responsibility to FAA air traffic controllers.