Status:	Final
Date:	15 JAN 1987
Time:	12:52 MST
Type:	Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II
Operator:	Skywest Airlines
Registration:	N163SW
C/n / msn:	TC-327
First flight:	1980
Engines:	2 Garrett TPE331-3UW-303G
Crew:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Total:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Collision casualties:	Fatalities: 2
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Kearns, UT (United States of America)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Pocatello Airport, ID (PIH/KPIH), United States of America
Destination airport:	Salt Lake City International Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC), United States of America
Flightnumber:	1834

Narrative:
The Metro collided with a Mooney 20 (N6485U) at 7000 feet, while the Metro was on a runway 34 approach. Both airplanes fell to the ground with the wreckage scattered over 2sq miles in a residential area.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Lack of navigational vigilance by the Mooney instructor pilot which led to the authorized intrusion into the Salt Lake City airport radar service area. Contributing to the accident were the absence of a Mode-C transponder on the Mooney airplane and the limitations of the air traffic control system to provide collision protection under the circumstances of this accident."

Events:

Sources:
» NTSB/AAR-88/03