| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | March 15, 1989 |
| Time: | 0725 |
| Location: | West Lafayette, Indiana |
| Operator: | Mid Pacific Air |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Terre Haute - Lafayette |
| AC Type: | NAMC YS-11A-300F |
| Registration: | N128MP |
| cn / ln: | 2139 |
| Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | While landing the cargo plane pitched down and crashed short of the runway. A loss of control due to the improper in-flight decisions by the crew and the undetected accumulation of ice on the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer, during flight in a forward centre of gravity condition and exacerbated by the extension of full landing flaps. |
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