December 13, 1994
Morrisville, North Carolina
American Eagle, Flight 3379
British Aerospace Jetstream 3201
N918AE

The aircraft crashed 4 miles SW of runway 5L while on an ILS approach. The captain associated the illumination of the left engine ignition light with an engine failure, suspected an engine flame out and decided to execute a missed approach. This eventually led to a stall and the plane crashed 4 miles SW of the runway threshold. The captain's improper assumption that an engine had failed. The captain's subsequent failure to follow approved procedures for engine failure, single-engine approach, go-around, and stall recovery. Contributing to the cause of the accident was the failure of American Eagle management to identify, document, monitor and remedy deficiencies in pilot performance and training.  Fifteen of 20 aboard killed.

CAPT = Captain
FO = First officer
CAM = Cockpit area microphone
* = Unintelligible word
HOT-B = Sounds heard through both pilots' hot microphone systems

1833:33.3 CAPT: Why's that ignition light on? We just had a flame-out?
1833:38.4 FO: I'm not sure what's goin' on with it.
1833:39.8 CAPT: We had a flame-out.
1833:40.7 CAM: [Low-frequency beat sound similar to propellers rotating out of synchronization starts and continues for approximately eight seconds.]
1833:41.4 FO: 'K, you got it?
1833:42.5 CAPT: Yeah.
1833:42.8 FO: We lose an engine?
1833:43.6 CAPT: OK, yeah.
1833:45.2 CAPT: OK, uh ...
1833:46.0 FO: I'm gonna turn that ...
1833:46.5 CAPT: See if that, turn on the auto ...
1833:54.2 FO: We lose that en' left one?
1833:55.9 CAPT: Yeah.
1833:58.9 FO: Watta you want me to do, you gonna continue?
1834:00.1 CAPT: OK, yeah. I'm gonna continue. Just back me up.
1834:03.1 FO: All right, I'm gonna ...
1834:03.7 CAM: [Low-frequency beat sound similar to propellers rotating out of synchronization starts and continues for approximately three seconds.]
1834:03.9 CAPT: * let's go missed approach.
1834:05.0 FO: All right. **.
1834:05.3 CAM: [Sound similar to single stall warning horn starts and continues for 0.7 seconds.]
1834:05.7 CAPT: Set max power.
1834:06.1 CAM: [Sound similar to single stall warning horn starts and continues for 0.3 seconds.]
1834:06.5 FO: Lower the nose, lower the nose, lower the nose.
1834:09.4 CAM: [Sound similar to single stall warning starts.]
1834:09.6 CAM: [Sound similar to dual stall warning horns starts.]
1834:09.8 FO: You got it?
1834:10.8 CAPT: Yeah.
1834:12.2 FO: Lower the nose.
1834:13.2 FO: It's the wrong, wrong foot, wrong engine *.
1834:14.7 CAM: [Sound similar to dual stall warning horns stops.]
1834:14.8 CAM: [Low-frequency beat sound similar to propellers rotating out of synchronization starts and continues for approximately four seconds.]
1834:14.9 CAM: [Sound similar to single stall warning stops.]
1834:16.1 CAM: [Sound similar to dual stall warning horns starts.]
1834:16.3 HOT-B: [Sound of heavy breathing]
1834:17.6 CAM: [Sound similar to dual stall warning horns stops and single horn continues.]
1834:18.2 CAM: [Sound similar to dual stall warning horns starts.]
1834:18.9 FO: Here.
1834:19.6 CAM: [Sound similar to dual stall warning stops.]
1834:22.3 CAM: [Sound similar to dual stall warning horns start and continues to impact.]
1834:24.4 CAM: [Sound of impact.]

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