# Accident 20090127001639A: Aerosp ATR42320, Lubbock, TX, January 27, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2009, 04:37 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock Preston Smith International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: COEA
- Location: 33.6581° N, 101.8203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6581&lon=-101.8203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N902FX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N902FX-2009-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 (registry code 8680930, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 (registry code 52124, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw121) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42320
- Reported engine: PWA PW121
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,200 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09MA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09MA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090127001639A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON JANUARY 27, 2009, AT 0437 CST, N902FX, AN AEROSPATIALE ATR42-320, OPERATING AS EMPIRE FLIGHT 8284 WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WHILE EXECUTING AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17R AT PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LUBBOCK, TEXAS (LBB).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO FEDEX EXPRESS CORPORATION, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AND WAS OPERATED BY EMPIRE AIRLINES, HAYDEN IDAHO, AS A 14CFR PART 121 SUPPLEMENTAL CARGO FLIGHT.  THE ATP RATED PILOT AND THE COMMERCIAL RATED FIRST OFFICER, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN09MA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09MA142), Jan 27, 2009: Aerospatiale Alenia ATR 42-320 (N902FX), Lubbock, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's failure to monitor and maintain a minimum safe airspeed while executing an instrument approach in icing conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at low altitude.…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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