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Aviation accident CEN09MA142

SERS · AEROSPATIALE ALENIA ATR 42-320 · 2009-01-27 · Lubbock, TX, USA

Event

NTSB number
CEN09MA142
Event ID
20090127X92950
Type
Accident
Date
2009-01-27
Location
Lubbock, TX, USA
Coordinates
33.658054, -101.82027

Injuries

Highest injury
SERS
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Minor
1
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
2

Aircraft

Make
AEROSPATIALE ALENIA
Model
ATR 42-320
Registration
N902FX
FAR Part
121
Engines
2
Damage
SUBS

Conditions

Light
NDRK
Weather
IMC

Probable cause

The flight crew's failure to monitor and maintain a minimum safe airspeed while executing an instrument approach in icing conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at low altitude. Contributing to the accident were 1) the flight crew's failure to follow published standard operating procedures in response to a flap anomaly, 2) the captain's decision to continue with the unstabilized approach, 3) the flight crew's poor crew resource management, and 4) fatigue due to the time of day in which the accident occurred and a cumulative sleep debt, which likely impaired the captain's performance.

Source

Authoritative
NTSB CAROL
Machine
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