Comair Flight 3272 was a Comair flight from Cincinnati to Detroit on Thursday, January 9, 1997. While on approach for landing, the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft crashed nose-down 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport at 15:54 EST.[1][2][3] All 29 aboard, 26 passengers and three crew members, were killed.[4][5] Comair Flight 3272 A Comair Embraer EMB-120, similar to the one involved Accident Date January 9, 1997 Summary Atmospheric icing leading to loss of control Site Raisinville Township, near Dundee, Michigan, U.S. 41°57′48.08″N 83°33′8.39″W Aircraft Aircraft type Embraer 120 RT Brasilia Operator Comair (as Delta Connection) Call sign COMAIR 3272 Registration N265CA Flight origin Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Destination Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Occupants 29 Passengers 26 Crew 3 Fatalities 29 Survivors 0 The cause of the crash was determined to be inadequate and out of date flight crew procedures for icing conditions. Some of these originated with the Federal Aviation Administration's failure to specify suitable minimum airspeeds for icing conditions, while some were Comair procedure manual defects, including superseded instructions on the use of de-icing boots that did not follow the aircraft manufacturer's instructions.
Comair Flight 3272 was a Comair flight from Cincinnati to Detroit on Thursday, January 9, 1997. While on approach for landing, the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft crashed nose-down 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport at 15:54 EST.[1][2][3] All 29 aboard, 26 passengers and three crew members, were killed.[4][5]
Comair Flight 3272
A Comair Embraer EMB-120, similar to the one involved
Accident
Date
January 9, 1997
Summary
Atmospheric icing leading to loss of control
Site
Raisinville Township, near Dundee, Michigan, U.S.
41°57′48.08″N 83°33′8.39″W
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Embraer 120 RT Brasilia
Operator
Comair (as Delta Connection)
Call sign
COMAIR 3272
Registration
N265CA
Flight origin
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Destination
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Occupants
29
Passengers
26
Crew
3
Fatalities
29
Survivors
0
The cause of the crash was determined to be inadequate and out of date flight crew procedures for icing conditions. Some of these originated with the Federal Aviation Administration's failure to specify suitable minimum airspeeds for icing conditions, while some were Comair procedure manual defects, including superseded instructions on the use of de-icing boots that did not follow the aircraft manufacturer's instructions.
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