Al_t_publican Member Username: Al_t_publican
Post Number: 151 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 - 3:25 am: | |
Was the commuter plane involved that crashed an ATR or a Brazilian make? It was a winter accident that involved icing on the wings, if I recall right. I tried to find the incident on pprune.or, the professional pilot rumor network, but nothing came up. |
Gnome Member Username: Gnome
Post Number: 2372 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 - 5:48 am: | |
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/w19970109.htm
quote:Date: January 09, 1997 Location: Near Monroe, Michigan Aircraft: Embraer 120RT Brasilia Reg: N265CA Airline: Comair Flight No: 3272 Fatalities: 29 : 29 This Embraer 120RT went into a steep dive and crashed while attempting to land at at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport due to icing. (Message edited by gnome on February 16, 2009) |
Paczki Member Username: Paczki
Post Number: 94 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 - 11:06 am: | |
I had taken this flight many times and would see the same passengers from time to time. I often wonder how many of them were on the ill fated flight. |
Retroit Member Username: Retroit
Post Number: 970 Registered: 04-2008
| Posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 - 12:36 pm: | |
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPD F.asp?id=DCA97MA017&rpt=fi Al_t_publican, the ATR crash you may be thinking about was in Roselawn, Indiana in 1994. Instead of correcting the inherent icing problems of this plane, American relegated these planes to service in the Caribbean (no icing conditions). http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPD F.asp?id=DCA95MA001&rpt=fi |