- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: February 19, 1988
Time: 2127
Location: Cary, North Carolina
Operator: AV Air / American Eagle
Flight #: 3378
Route: Raleigh - Richmond
AC Type: Swearingen SA227-AC
Registration: N622AV
cn / ln: AC-622
Aboard: 12   (passengers:10  crew:2)
Fatalities: 12   (passengers:10  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane crashed into a reservoir shortly after taking off in low visibility and ceiling. The failure of the flight crew to maintain a proper flight path because of the first officer's inappropriate instrument scan, the captain's inadequate monitoring of the flight, and the flight and the flight crew's response to a perceived fault in the airplane's stall avoidance system.
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