Boeing 777-200 crash, Jul 6, 2013 (3 killed), San Francisco
Boeing 777-200 accident on July 6, 2013 near San Francisco, California, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The flight crew's mismanagement of the...
- Date: July 6, 2013
- Aircraft: Boeing 777-200
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The flight crew's mismanagement of the descent during the visual approach, the pilot flying's unintended deactivation of automatic airspeed control, inadequate airspeed monitoring, and a delayed go-around. Contributing factors included confusing autothrottle and autopilot flight director modes, nonstandard crew coordination, inadequate visual approach training, weak supervision and crew fatigue.
Asiana Flight 214 from Seoul approached San Francisco in visual conditions. It descended below the glidepath and lost airspeed, and the crew did not go around until too low to recover. The tail struck the seawall short of the runway, the airplane slid and spun, and a fire broke out after it stopped. Three passengers died and about 99 percent of the occupants survived.