# Accident 20190223013239A: Boeing 767-375, Anahuac, TX, February 23, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2019, 12:39 local time
- Place: Anahuac, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UIEA
- Location: 29.7700° N, 94.6600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7700&lon=-94.6600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1217A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1217A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-375 (registry code 1385217, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-375) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80C2B6F (registry code 30109, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80c2b6f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-375
- Reported engine: GE CF6-80C2B6F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,172 total, 1,252 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA19MA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19MA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190223013239A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 DCA19MA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19MA086), Feb 23, 2019: Boeing 767 (N1217A), Trinity Bay, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…

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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