Date: | August 27, 2006 |
Location: | Lexington, Kentucky |
Aircraft: | Canadair CRJ-200ER |
Reg: | N431CA |
Airline: | Comair |
Flight No: | 5191 |
Fatalities: | 50 : 49 |
The crew took off from the wrong and too short a runway, ran through the airport perimeter fence and impacted trees on an adjacent horse farm and burst into flames. The copilot was the only survivor. |