Crash-aerien 30 MAY 1984 d'un Lockheed L-188AF Electra N5523 - Chalkhill, PA
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Statuts:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:mercredi 30 mai 1984
Heure:01:44
Type/Sous-type:Silhouette image of generic L188 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed L-188AF Electra
Compagnie:Zantop International Airlines
Immatriculation: N5523
Numéro de série: 1034
Année de Fabrication: 1959-02-09 (25 years 4 months)
Heures de vol:35668
Cycles:38353
Moteurs: 4 Allison 501-D13
Equipage:victimes: 3 / à bord: 3
Passagers:victimes: 1 / à bord: 1
Total:victimes: 4 / à bord: 4
Dégats de l'appareil: Détruit
Conséquences: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:Chalkhill, PA (   Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
Phase de vol: En vol (ENR)
Nature:Cargo
Aéroport de départ:Baltimore/Washington International Airport, MD (BWI/KBWI), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Aéroport de destination:Detroit-Willow Run Airport, MI (YIP/KYIP), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Numéro de vol: 931
Détails:
Zantop ground personnel completed the loading of Flight 931 at 00:40. All cargo was bulk loaded and tied down on the right side of the airplane for the full length of the cargo compartment. Flight 931 departed the gate at Baltimore/Washington International Airport at 01:05 and took off on runway 28 at 01:10. At 01:11:42, Flight 931 contacted Baltimore departure control and was cleared to 13,000 feet. After switching to Washington ARTCC, the flight was cleared further FL220. At 01:32 a no. 2 gyro malfunction made the crew select the no. 1 gyro to drive both approach horizons and the problem appeared resolved. At 01:43:09, Cleveland ARTCC cleared Flight 931 direct to the Dryer VOR. After the turn to the Dryer VOR, the first officer’s approach horizon may have displayed incorrect pitch and roll information. The flightcrew may have received conflicting pitch and roll information
from the two approach horizons as they attempted to recover from an unusual attitude. The flightcrew overstressed the airplane in an attempt to recover from the unusual attitude as the aircraft spiralled down. The Electra broke up and falling wreckage damaged some houses; however, most of the wreckage fell in uninhabited, wooded areas.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft's entry into an unusual attitude and the inability of the flight crew to analyse the flight condition before there was a complete loss of control. Although the precise reason for the loss of control was not identified, an undetermined failure of a component in the No.2 vertical gyro system, perhaps involving the amplifier and associated circuitry, probably contributed to the cause of the accident by incorrectly processing data to the co-pilot's approach horizon. The in-flight structural failure of the aircraft was due to overload."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: NTSB
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 293 days (10 months)
Accident number: NTSB/AAR-85-04
Download report: Final report

Sources:
» NTSB-AAR/85-04


Opérations de secours
As a result of this accident, the Safety Board reiterated Safety Recommendation A-80-19 to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA this time agreed with the recommendation, but it lasted seven years before the FAA issued a final rule amending 14 CFR 121.305 effective October 15, 1992.

NTSB issued 1 Safety Recommendation

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photo of Lockheed-L-188AF-Electra-N5523
accident date: 30-05-1984
type: Lockheed L-188AF Electra
registration: N5523
 

Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Baltimore/Washington International Airport, MD et Detroit-Willow Run Airport, MI est de 666 km (416 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.
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