# NTSB Accident DCA02MA054
> **Boeing 727-232** · 2002-07-26 · Tallahassee, FL, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DCA02MA054
- **Event ID:** 20020801X01282
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-07-26
- **Location:** Tallahassee, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.389478, -84.50949
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 3
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Boeing
- **Model:** 727-232
- **Registration:** N497FE
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 3
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The captain's and first officer's failure to establish and maintain a proper glidepath during the night visual approach to landing.  Contributing to the accident was a combination of the captain's and first officer's fatigue, the captain's and first officer's failure to adhere to company flight procedures, the captain's and flight engineer's failure to monitor the approach, and the first officer's color vision deficiency.

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