Airbus A300-600 crash, Aug 14, 2013 (2 killed), Birmingha...
Airbus A300-600 accident on August 14, 2013 near Birmingham–Shuttlesworth, Alabama, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The flight crew continued...
- Date: August 14, 2013
- Aircraft: Airbus A300-600
- Location: Birmingham–Shuttlesworth, Alabama, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The flight crew continued an unstabilized approach and failed to monitor altitude, descending below minimum descent altitude before the runway was in sight. Contributing factors included failure to configure the FMC, missed callouts, an unbriefed change of approach strategy, and fatigue.
UPS flight 1354, an Airbus A300-600 cargo flight from Louisville, crashed short of runway 18 during a localizer approach to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth at night. The crew continued an unstabilized approach, failed to monitor altitude and descended below minimum descent altitude before the runway was in sight. Both pilots were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and post-crash fire.