Corporate Airlines Flight 5966
Photograph of main wreckage area | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | October 19, 2004 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
| Site | Adair County, near Kirksville Regional Airport, Kirksville, Missouri, United States 40°03′53″N 92°32′35″W / 40.064618°N 92.543186°W |
| Aircraft | |
| A Jetstream 32EP similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | British Aerospace Jetstream 32 |
| Operator | Corporate Airlines d/b/a AmericanConnection |
| ICAO flight No. | CEA5966 |
| Call sign | CORP-X 5966 |
| Registration | N875JX |
| Flight origin | St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Berkeley, Missouri, United States |
| Destination | Kirksville Regional Airport, Adair County, Missouri, United States |
| Occupants | 15 |
| Passengers | 13 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 13 |
| Injuries | 2 (serious) |
| Survivors | 2 |
Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 was a scheduled passenger flight from St. Louis, Missouri to Kirksville, Missouri. On October 19, 2004, the Jetstream 32 aircraft operating the flight crashed on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport as a result of pilot error, killing 13 of the 15 people aboard.