- | 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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