Boeing 727-200 crash, Jul 26, 2002, Tallahassee
Boeing 727-200 accident on July 26, 2002 near Tallahassee, Florida, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The captain's and first officer's failure...
- Date: July 26, 2002
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Tallahassee, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain's and first officer's failure to establish and maintain a proper glidepath on the night visual approach. Crew fatigue, not following company procedures, failure to monitor the approach, and the first officer's colour vision deficiency contributed.
A FedEx Boeing 727 cargo flight from Memphis flew a night visual approach to Tallahassee with the crew below the correct glidepath. It struck trees short of runway 9 and burned. The three crew were seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed.