Comair Flight 3272

Comair Flight 3272
Accident summary
A Comair Embraer EMB-120, similar to the one involved.
Date	January 9, 1997
Summary	Atmospheric icing leading to loss of control
Site	Monroe, Michigan, USA 41°57′48.08″N 83°33′8.39″W / 41.9633556°N 83.5523306°W / 41.9633556; -83.5523306Coordinates: 41°57′48.08″N 83°33′8.39″W / 41.9633556°N 83.5523306°W / 41.9633556; -83.5523306
Passengers	26
Crew	3
Fatalities	29 (all)
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Embraer 120 RT Brasilia
Operator	Comair (as Delta Connection)
Registration	N265CA
Flight origin	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Destination	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

Comair Flight 3272 was a Comair flight departing on January 9, 1997, from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport for the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. While on approach for landing, the aircraft, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, crashed nose-down 18 miles short of the airport. All aboard, 26 passengers and three crew members, died as a result of the accident.^[1]

Passengers and Crew

There was 26 passengeers on board the Embraer 120, registered as N265CA. There were two crew members in the cockpit and an flight attendant in the cabin. The Captain was Daniel Carlson (42), who was in command of Flight 3272 at the time of the crash. The First Officer was Kenneth Reese (29), who was second in command of the aircraft.

Aftermath

The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause was inadequate standards for icing operations while in flight, specifically the failure of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish adequate minimum airspeeds for icing conditions, leading to a loss of control when the airplane accumulated a thin, rough accretion of ice on its lifting surfaces.

A contributing factor was the decision of the crew to operate in icing conditions while near the lower end of the flight envelope while the flaps were retracted. Comair had not previously established unambiguous minimum airspeed values for flap configurations and for flight in icing conditions.

Dramatization

The investigation into the crash was covered in "Deadly Myth", a 2017 episode of Mayday, a Canadian television series about air crashes.^[2]

References

↑ "In crisis, Comair stayed on course". The Cincinnati Enquirer. January 19, 1997. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ http://www.tvcountdown.com/s/mayday/e/S17E02

External links

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
NTSB Aircraft Accident Safety Report
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Appendix H
Strangers united in death - Cincinnati Enquirer (Listing of passengers on the flights)

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