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MKC87FA017

1986-11-08 · TEXARKANA, Arkansas, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport TXK

N149AA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (ANDURIL INDUSTRIES INC FALCON), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE AIRPLANE WAS ON A POSITIONING FLIGHT SO IT WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR AN EARLY MONDAY MORNING FREIGHT RUN. PILOT CALLED FOR MISSED APPROACH AND AFTER RECEIVING CLEARANCE, DECLARED HE WAS IN VFR CONDITIONS AND THOUGHT HE WOULD LAND ON RWY 31. DURING A TURN, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE TERRAIN INVERTED AND BURNED. WEATHER AT AIRPORT 21 MINUTES PRIOR TO ACCIDENT WAS: IND CEILING 100 FEET, SKY OBSCURED, VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE IN FOG. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_MKC87FA017.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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