- Date
- September 26, 1989, 06:15 local (10:15 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N104BBCanadair CL-44
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890926060329I
- Case key
- 7932
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Probable cause
The first officer's failure to follow approved missed approach procedures, and his attempt to take the flight controls from the captain who was flying the airplane.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While attempting an instrument approach to Greensboro, NC, the first officer refused to follow missed approach instructions and took the flight controls from the captain. After a struggle, the captain and flight engineer regained control of the airplane. During the struggle, the airplane came within 30 feet of colliding with a passenger terminal and parked airplanes. The first officer's mental state was such that he believed that his actions were in accordance with company policies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N104BB
- Reported as
- Canadair CL-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24
- Airframe hours
- 57,511
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce MK-515, 5,305 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Aircraft Marketing Inc.,, doing business as Wrangler Aviation
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Marketing, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 13, 1989 · 262 hours before
- Departed
- Aquadilla, PR
- Destination
- Knoxville, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GSO · Greensboro, runway 5, 10,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,800 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 1,550 as pilot in command · 235 in the last 90 days · 66 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N104BB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.