Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Schlussbericht |
| Datum: | 09 APR 1990 |
| Zeit: | 18:05 CDT |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Embraer 120RT Brasilia |
| Betrieben durch: | Delta Connection |
| Gemietet von : | Atlantic Southeast Airlines - ASA |
| Kennzeichen: | N217AS |
| Werknummer: | 120011 |
| Baujahr: | |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 4 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 7 |
| Opfer des Zusammenstoßes: | Todesopfer: 2 |
| Sachschaden: | schwer beschädigt |
| Konsequenzen: | Repaired |
| Unfallort: | 4 km (2.5 Meilen) von Gadsden Municipal Airport, AL (GAD) (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Gadsden Municipal Airport, AL (GAD/KGAD), USA |
| Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL), USA |
After departing Gadsden, the Embraer collided head-on with Civil Air Patrol Cessna 172 N99501, causing the right stabilizer to separate. The Cessna crashed, but the Brasilia made a safe emergency landing.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both aircraft, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid oncoming traffic. A factor related to the accident was: the sun's glare, which restricted the vision of the Cessna 172 pilot." Informationsquelle:
» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Gadsden Municipal Airport, AL to Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA as the crow flies is 157 km (98 miles).
Distance from Gadsden Municipal Airport, AL to Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA as the crow flies is 157 km (98 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
