Crash of a Beechcraft 1900 of the Janet

Crash of a Beechcraft 1900 of the Janet
An identical Beechcraft 1900 from Janet
Accident summary
Accident type	Loss of control after cardiac death
place	near Tonopah Test Range , Nevada United States
date	March 16, 2004
Fatalities	5
Survivors	0
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Beechcraft 1900C
operator	Janet ( EG&G ) / United States Air Force
Mark	N27RA
Departure airport	Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada , United States
Destination airport	Tonopah Test Range , Nevada , United States
Passengers	4th
crew	1
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A Janet Beechcraft 1900 crashed on March 16, 2004. On that day, a Beechcraft 1900C aircraft belonging to the Janet fleet of the conspiratorial airline crashed near the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada . According to official information, the flight was carried out for the United States Air Force . The machine crashed after the only pilot on board suffered a heart attack in flight . All five people on board were killed in the accident.

airline

Under the name JANET ("Joint Air Network for Employee Transportation") the company EG&G , a service provider of the US Department of Defense, operates a fleet of aircraft with which employees of US federal authorities mainly within the state of Nevada , especially between McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas , the Nevada National Security Site and Area 51 .

The company's flight operations are strictly confidential, and the Janet's terminal building is not listed on the official maps of McCarran International Airport. The JANET aircraft fleet is mainly composed of Boeing 737-600 , Beechcraft 1900 and Beechcraft King Air machines . The planes usually do not have any other paint or lettering apart from surrounding colored abdominal bands. Their appearance therefore corresponds to that of business aircraft .

Janet's recruitment criteria include at least 3,000 hours of flight experience for the rank of First Officer, according to a 2018 job advertisement. Pilots are also responsible for safety and should guarantee an efficient process on flights. A valid driver's license is also required. Part of the recruitment procedure is that the candidate and his or her life over the past ten years are carefully analyzed and personal relationships and character traits of applicants are questioned.

The airline's radio call sign is "Janet" and has become its unofficial name.

machine

The affected machine was a Beechcraft 1900C. The machine was finally assembled in 1985 and had the factory number UB-37. The machine was then delivered new to the Connell Chevrolet dealership in Costa Mesa , California , with the aircraft registration number N7214K . This leased the aircraft from October 11, 1985 to Rio Airways , where it received its last identification N27RA . The lease return returned to its owner in March 1987. From July 28, 1988, the machine was in the possession of the Department of the Air Force in Clearfield , Utah , the machine was actually used by the JANET . The twin-engine regional airliner was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B turboprop engines .

Occupants and flight history

There were four passengers on board the machine. In contrast to conventional passenger flights, the captain of the machine was the only pilot and only crew member on board.

The flight was officially carried out by the United States Air Force, which the machine officially belonged to. This is due to the fact that the JANET airline is organized in such a conspiratorial manner as if it did not exist.

The machine had started on a remote runway at Nellis Air Force Base . The destination of the flight was the airport on the Tonopah Test Range . The machine took off at 03:43 a.m. local time.

the accident

Shortly after the captain reported that he had an eye on the runway lights, the captain configured the aircraft for the final approach and made a right turn for a direct visual approach to runway 32. While making the turn, the captain suffered sudden cardiac death. Halfway through the approach curve, the aircraft began to descend gradually until it hit the ground at 4:01 a.m., broke apart and caught fire. All five people on board were killed.

root cause

According to the United States Air Force Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, the captain was incapacitated during the approach due to his sudden cardiac death. The investigation found that the pilot had violated government guidelines, willfully deceiving aero-medical examiners, withholding significant medical information, and taking inappropriate medication that made his health worse. The pilot suffered from high blood pressure and did not report this to his employer. He also denied to medical officers of the Federal Aviation Administration that he was taking medication.

swell

• Accident report in the Aviation Safety Network
• Operating history of the machine on rzjets.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Livingmoon.com - Eyeballing the Janet Airlines Terminal , accessed April 22, 2019
2. ↑ Travelbook.de: Mysterious airline is apparently looking for a pilot for "Area 51" flights , accessed on April 22, 2019
3. ↑ Clearancejobs.com: What is an SSBI? , accessed April 22, 2019