Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-200 crash, Aug 27, 2006 (49 killed)
Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-200 accident on August 27, 2006 near Lexington-Blue Grass, Kentucky, United States with 49 fatalities. Cause: The crew took...
- Date: August 27, 2006
- Aircraft: Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-200
- Location: Lexington-Blue Grass, Kentucky, United States
- Fatalities: 49
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The crew took off from the wrong runway after losing positional awareness during taxi and failing to cross-check the runway; the FAA's failure to require ATC clearance for all runway crossings was a contributing factor.
Comair Flight 5191, a scheduled Delta Connection passenger flight from Lexington to Atlanta, began its takeoff roll on runway 26 instead of the assigned runway 22 at Blue Grass Airport before dawn. The CRJ-200 ran off the end of the runway through the perimeter fence and into trees and terrain, and it was destroyed by impact forces and a post-crash fire. Forty-nine of the 50 people aboard died; the first officer survived with serious injuries.