ATR42-300 crash, Jan 27, 2009, Lubbock
ATR42-300 accident on January 27, 2009 near Lubbock, Texas, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The flight crew failed to monitor and maintain...
- Date: January 27, 2009
- Aircraft: ATR42-300
- Location: Lubbock, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The flight crew failed to monitor and maintain minimum safe airspeed on an instrument approach in icing, causing an aerodynamic stall. Contributing factors included not following procedures for a flap anomaly, continuing an unstabilized approach, poor crew resource management, and fatigue.
An ATR 42-320 operated by Empire Airlines for FedEx on a cargo flight was on an instrument approach to Lubbock in icing conditions. It lost airspeed, stalled at low altitude and crashed short of the runway. The captain was seriously injured and the first officer had minor injuries.