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Aircraft Accident Report: In-Flight Icing Encounter and Uncontrolled Collision with Terrain Comair Flight 3272, Embraer EMB-120RT, N265CA Monroe, Michigan

-- In flight icing encounter and uncontrolled collision with terrain, Comair flight 3272, Embraer EMB-120RT, N265CA, Monroe, Michigan, January 9, 1997

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This report explains the accident involving an EMB-120RT, operated by COMAIR Airlines, Inc., as flight 3272, that crashed during a rapid descent after an uncommanded roll excursion near Monroe, Michigan, on January 9, 1997. Safety issues in the report focused on procedures for the use of ice protection systems, airspeed and flap configuration information, stall warning/protection system capabilities, operation of the autopilot in icing conditions, aircraft icing certification requirements, and icing-related research. Safety recommendations concerning these issues were addressed to the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Aircraft Accident Report: In-Flight Icing Encounter and Uncontrolled Collision with Terrain Comair Flight 3272, Embraer EMB-120RT, N265CA Monroe, Michigan -- In flight icing encounter and uncontrolled collision with terrain, Comair flight 3272, Embraer EMB-120RT, N265CA, Monroe, Michigan, January 9, 1997

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TL553.5

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Authors

United States. National Transportation Safety Board

Subjects

Aircraft accidents--Michigan--Monroe.
Aviation hazards--icing.
Airplanes--Ice prevention.

Language

English

Published

Washington, D.C. : National Transportation Safety Board /, 1998 Nov. 4.