Site Monroe, Michigan, USA Crew 3 Date 9 January 1997 Total fatalities 29 (all) Passenger count 26 | Passengers 26 Survivors 0 Survivor 0 | |
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Summary Atmospheric icingleading to loss of control Destination Detroit Metropolitan Airport Similar Merpati Nusantara Airlines Fl, Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183, Aerosvit Flight 241, United Airlines Flight 826, Austral Líneas Aéreas Fl | ||
Comair flight 3272 cvr crash animation
Comair Flight 3272 was a Comair flight departing on January 9, 1997, from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport for the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. While on approach for landing, the aircraft, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, crashed nose-down 18 miles short of the airport. All aboard, twenty-six passengers and three crew members, died as a result of the accident.
Contents
- Comair flight 3272 cvr crash animation
- In flight icing encounter and uncontrolled collision with terrain comair flight 3272
- Aftermath
- References
In flight icing encounter and uncontrolled collision with terrain comair flight 3272
Aftermath
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause was inadequate standards for icing operations while in flight, specifically the failure of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish adequate minimum airspeeds for icing conditions, leading to a loss of control when the airplane accumulated a thin, rough accretion of ice on its lifting surfaces.
A contributing factor was the decision of the crew to operate in icing conditions while near the lower end of the flight envelope while the flaps were retracted. Comair had not previously established unambiguous minimum airspeed values for flap configurations and for flight in icing conditions.
