American Eagle Flight 4184
| American Eagle Flight 4184 | |
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 A machine of the same type |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Loss of control due to icing |
| place | Near Roselawn, Indiana , United States
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| date | October 31, 1994 |
| Fatalities | 68 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | ATR 72-200 |
| operator | American Eagle (operated by Simmons Airlines ) |
| Mark | N401AM |
| Departure airport | Indianapolis International Airport |
| Destination airport | O'Hare International Airport |
| Passengers | 64 |
| crew | 4th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
American Eagle Flight 4184 was a flight operated by Simmons Airlines on October 31, 1994 .
The ATR 72-200 was en route from Indianapolis International Airport , Indiana , to Chicago O'Hare International Airport , Illinois . The aircraft got out of control and crashed due to icing of the wing trailing edges, where there were no heating mats for the de-icing system due to the design. All 68 inmates, including four crew members, were killed. It was the first ATR 72-200 crash.
Plane and crew
The aircraft with the aircraft marks N401AM was from the French-Italian consortium de Avions Transport Regional (ATR) and supplied by Simmons Airlines for American Eagle operated.
The 29-year-old flight captain Orlando Aguiar had completed almost 8,000 flight hours ; 30-year-old co-pilot Jeffrey Gagliano over 5,000 flight hours. There were also two flight attendants on board.
media
- The accident was discussed in episode 708 of the series Mayday - Alarm in the cockpit .
Comparable events
- Aero Trasporti Italiani flight 460 on October 15, 1987 with an ATR 42-300 .
- Comair flight 3272 on January 9, 1997 with an Embraer EMB 120 .
- TransAsia Airways flight 791 on December 21, 2002 with an ATR 72-200 .
- Aerocaribbean flight 883 on November 4, 2010 with an ATR 72-200 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ accident report ATR 72 N401AM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 14 April 2020th
Coordinates: 41 ° 5 ′ 40 ″ N , 87 ° 19 ′ 20 ″ W.