- Date
- May 4, 1993, 22:15 local (May 5, 1993, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Muskegon, MI
- Injuries
- 44 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N254ATAerospatiale ATR-42-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930504012309A
- Case key
- 15710
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's misjudging the flare.
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Fuselage,skin - bent
Flare - misjudgedCause
Analysis
On landing the pitch attitude of the airplane exceeded 10 degrees nose up and the aft fuselage contacted the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N254AT
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale ATR-42-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0254
- Airframe hours
- 3,567
- Engine
- P&W PW 120, 2,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Simmons Airlines, doing business as American Eagle
- Registered owner
- Gpa Atr II, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · April 18, 1993 · 121 hours before
- Departed
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MKG · Muskegon County, runway 6, 6,501 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,145 total · 1,775 in this make and model · 184 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKG, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.