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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Boeing 767-375 · Anahuac, TX · February 23, 2019

Date: February 23, 2019 · 12:39 local
Place: Anahuac, TX
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: UIEA
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N1217A
NTSB investigation: NTSBDCA19MA086
Reported as: Boeing 767-375
Reported engine: GE CF6-80C2B6F
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 3
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,172 total1,252 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N1217ARegistered now · Boeing 767-375S/N 25865 · Built 1992 Airframe modelBoeing 767-375 Engine modelGE CF6-80C2B6FTurbo-fan

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Saturday, February 23, 2019, at approximately 12:39PM CST, a Boeing 767-300ER airplane, operated by atlas

Airlines (for amazon prime air) as giant flight 3591, appeared on radar and ADS-B to descend rapidly from about 6,000 feet over trinity bay while being vectored for approach into the houston

Bush intercontinental airport (iah) near houston, Texas. The airplane impacted the shallow marshy bay located about 35 nautical miles southeast of iah airport in an extreme nose down attitude.

The three persons on board (captain, first officer, and jumpseater) sustained fatal injuries.

The scheduled part 121 cargo flight had

Departed miami international airport about one hour prior to the accident and was enroute to iah. Instrument

Meteorological conditions prevailed. Reported weather in the area included adverse conditions and moderate

Turbulence.

As the FAA filed it

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:39PM CST, A BOEING 767-300ER AIRPLANE, OPERATED BY ATLAS

AIRLINES (FOR AMAZON PRIME AIR) AS GIANT FLIGHT 3591, APPEARED ON RADAR AND ADS-B TO DESCEND RAPIDLY FROM ABOUT 6,000 FEET OVER TRINITY BAY WHILE BEING VECTORED FOR APPROACH INTO THE HOUSTON

BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT (IAH) NEAR HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE SHALLOW MARSHY BAY LOCATED ABOUT 35 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF IAH AIRPORT IN AN EXTREME NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

THE THREE PERSONS ON BOARD (CAPTAIN, FIRST OFFICER, AND JUMPSEATER) SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

THE SCHEDULED PART 121 CARGO FLIGHT HAD

DEPARTED MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ABOUT ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND WAS ENROUTE TO IAH. INSTRUMENT

METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. REPORTED WEATHER IN THE AREA INCLUDED ADVERSE CONDITIONS AND MODERATE

TURBULENCE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DCA19MA086Accident · 3 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportTrinity Bay, TXThe inappropriate response by the first officer as the pilot flying to an inadvertent activation of the go-around mode, which led to his spatial disorientation and nose-down control inputs that placed the airplane in a steep descent from which the crew did…Feb 23, 2019 · Destroyed