Date: | Monday 9 April 1990 |
Time: | 18:05 |
Type: | Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia |
Owner/operator: | Delta Connection |
Registration: | N217AS |
MSN: | 120011 |
Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 4 km from Gadsden Municipal Airport, AL (GAD) -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Gadsden Municipal Airport, AL (GAD/KGAD) |
Destination airport: | Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: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."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL90FA095A |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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