UPS Airlines Flight 1354

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UPS Airlines Flight 1354
Nose and forward section of UPS 1354.jpg

The bow section of the machine after the accident
Accident summary
Accident type controlled flight into terrain
place Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport , Alabama , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
date August 14, 2013
Fatalities 2
Survivors 0
Aircraft
Aircraft type Airbus A300F4-622R
operator UPS Airlines
Mark N155UP
Departure airport Louisville , Kentucky , United States AirportUnited StatesUnited States 
Destination airport Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport , Alabama , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Passengers 0
crew 2
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The UPS Airlines Flight 1354 was a scheduled flight of the cargo airline UPS Airlines from Louisville airport to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama . On August 14, 2013, an Airbus A300-600F crashed while approaching north of runway 18 after it had previously grazed trees. Both the captain and the copilot were killed.

plane

The Airbus A300-600 was built in 2003 and delivered new to UPS in February 2004 with the registration number N155UP. At the time of the accident, he had flown around 11,000 flight hours and 6800 flight cycles.

procedure

During the non-precision approach procedure , the Airbus A300-600F had an accident 1,000 meters north of runway 18 after it had previously grazed trees. It broke into several pieces, caught fire and finally came to rest on slightly undulating terrain. Both the captain and the copilot lost their lives in the accident.

causes

The NTSB investigators were able to determine the cause that the pilots had made a number of errors that led to the flight altitude falling below the minimum. Fatigue and a lack of communication between the crew were also identified as causes.

Web links

Commons : UPS Airlines Flight 1354  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Planespotters.net: N155UP United Parcel Service (UPS) Airbus A300F4-622R - cn 841
  2. ↑ a b Simon Hradecky: Crash: UPS A306 at Birmingham on Aug 14th 2013, touched down outside airport (August 17, 2013)
  3. ↑ a b Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
  4. ↑ UPS Airbus brushed a chain of trees on a hill , Aero.de, August 15, 2013

Coordinates: 33 ° 35 ′ 2 ″  N , 86 ° 44 ′ 52.1 ″  W.