| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 20, 1981 |
| Time: | 1127 |
| Location: | Spokane, Washington |
| Operator: | Cascade Airways |
| Flight #: | 201 |
| Route: | Moses Lake - Spokane |
| AC Type: | Beechcraft 99A |
| Registration: | N390CA |
| cn / ln: | U-101 |
| Aboard: | 9 (passengers:7 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 7 (passengers:5 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | During an instrument approach, the aircraft descended below 3,500 ft. and impacted rising terrain became airborne, went over a hilltop and came to rest 1,380 ft. further on. A fire started in the area of the right engine and spread throughout the fuselage. A premature descent to minimum descent altitude based on the flightcrew's use of an incorrect distance measuring equipment frequency and the flightcrew's subsequent failure to remain at or above MDA. |
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