Détails:
After departing Gadsden, the Embraer collided head-on with Civil Air Patrol Cessna 172 N99501 at an altitude of 5000 feet, 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."
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | lundi 9 avril 1990 |
| Heure: | 18:05 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia |
| Operated by: | Atlantic Southeast Airlines - ASA |
| On behalf of: | Delta Connection |
| Immatriculation: | N217AS |
| Numéro de série: | 120011 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 7 |
| Victime de la collision: | victimes: 2 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Repaired |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 4 km (2.5 milles) de Gadsden Municipal Airport, AL (GAD) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Gadsden Municipal Airport, AL (GAD/KGAD), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
After departing Gadsden, the Embraer collided head-on with Civil Air Patrol Cessna 172 N99501 at an altitude of 5000 feet, causing the right stabilizer to separate. The Cessna crashed, but the Brasilia made a safe emergency landing.
Probable Cause:
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."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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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 Gadsden Municipal Airport, AL et Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA est de 157 km (98 miles).
La distance entre Gadsden Municipal Airport, AL et Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA est de 157 km (98 miles).
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