ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367952
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 September 1989 |
| Time: | 07:15 LT |
| Type: |  Canadair CL-44 |
| Owner/operator: | Aircraft Marketing Inc., |
| Registration: | N104BB |
| MSN: | 24 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 57511 hours |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce MK-515 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Greensboro, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Aquadilla, PR |
| Knoxville, TN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE ATTEMPTING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO GREENSBORO, NC, THE FIRST OFFICER REFUSED TO FOLLOW MISSED APPROACH INSTRUCTIONS AND TOOK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS FROM THE CAPTAIN. AFTER A STRUGGLE, THE CAPTAIN AND FLIGHT ENGINEER REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. DURING THE STRUGGLE, THE AIRPLANE CAME WITHIN 30 FEET OF COLLIDING WITH A PASSENGER TERMINAL AND PARKED AIRPLANES. THE FIRST OFFICER'S MENTAL STATE WAS SUCH THAT HE BELIEVED THAT HIS ACTIONS WERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPANY POLICIES.
Probable Cause: THE FIRST OFFICER'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW APPROVED MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURES, AND HIS ATTEMPT TO TAKE THE FLIGHT CONTROLS FROM THE CAPTAIN WHO WAS FLYING THE AIRPLANE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL89IA219
History of this aircraft
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| 27 February 1962 | N454T | Flying Tiger Line | 0 | Burbank, California | |
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| 1 January 1984 | N104BB | Blue Bell, Inc. | 0 | East Boston, MA | |
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| 14 April 2000 | 3C-ZPO | Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH) |  |
w/o |
| Damaged on the ground | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 20:37 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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