Boeing 767-300 crash, Feb 23, 2019 (3 killed), Anahuac
Boeing 767-300 accident on February 23, 2019 near Anahuac, Texas, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: Inappropriate response by the first officer...
- Date: February 23, 2019
- Aircraft: Boeing 767-300
- Location: Anahuac, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Inappropriate response by the first officer to an inadvertent go around mode activation, leading to spatial disorientation and an unrecovered steep descent, with the captain failing to monitor and intervene
Atlas Air flight 3591, a Boeing 767 300 freighter flying for Amazon, rapidly descended from about 6,000 ft and crashed into a marsh in Trinity Bay, Texas, killing the captain, the first officer and a jumpseat pilot. The NTSB found that the first officer responded inappropriately to an inadvertent go around mode activation, became spatially disoriented and pushed the nose down, while the captain did not adequately monitor and intervene.