| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 09, 2002 |
| Time: | 11:41 |
| Location: | Mena, Arkansas |
| Operator: | Raytheon Aircraft |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Wichita, KS - Mena, AR |
| AC Type: | Beechcraft 1900C |
| Registration: | N127YV |
| cn / ln: | 1990 |
| Aboard: | 3 (passengers:2 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:2 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Crashed into a mountain while attempting to land. In-flight collision with terrain due to the pilot's failure to maintain clearance and altitude above rapidly rising terrain while on a VFR approach. Contributing factors were the obscuration of the terrain due to clouds. |
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