| - | 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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