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Al_t_publican
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Posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 - 3:25 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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.
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Gnome
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Posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 - 5:48 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://www.planecrashinfo.com/w19970109.htm

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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)
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Paczki
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Posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 - 11:06 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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.
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Retroit
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Posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 - 12:36 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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

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