Aviation Regulations that allow pilots to descend below the minimum descent altitude into a region in which safe obstacle clearance is not assured based upon seeing only the airport approach lights. The pilots' failure to establish and maintain a professional demeanor during the flight and their fatigue likely contributed to their degraded performance. In popular culture The television series Aircrash Confidential featured the incident in the third episode of Season 2, titled Pilot Fatigue. The crash was also featured in season 23, episode 1 of the Canadian documentary series Mayday, titled "Deadly Exchange". See also American Airlines Flight 965 American Airlines Flight 1420 Korean Air Flight 801 UPS Airlines Flight 1354 References External links NTSB Preliminary Report from NTSB Aviation Accident Database NTSB Final Report Archived American Airlines page about Corporate 5966 Link to archived press statements by Corporate Airlines Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Airliner accidents and incidents in Missouri Adair County, Missouri Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 2004 Disasters in Missouri Accidents and incidents involving the British Aerospace Jetstream 2004 in Missouri October 2004 events in the United States Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error