Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-100 crash, Jun 22, 2003 (1 killed)
Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-100 accident on June 22, 2003 near Brest-Bretagne (Guipavas), Finistère, France with 1 fatality. Cause: The BEA attributed the...
- Date: June 22, 2003
- Aircraft: Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-100
- Location: Brest-Bretagne (Guipavas), Finistère, France
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The BEA attributed the accident to the crew not selecting the APPR mode at the start of the approach, partial detection of flight path deviations, and continuing a non-stabilised approach below decision altitude, with weak cockpit communication and coordination as contributing factors.
A Brit Air CRJ-100 operating Air France flight AF5672 from Nantes to Brest flew a non-stabilised ILS approach at night in low cloud. The autopilot approach mode had not been selected, so the aircraft drifted left of the localizer and stayed below the glideslope. After a late go-around decision the aircraft hit the ground short of the runway and was destroyed by fire. The captain died; the rest of the crew and passengers evacuated.