Accident · 1990-04-09

NTSB case ATL90FA095 · EMBRAER EMB-120 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1990-04-09
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: EMBRAER EMB-120 (N217AS)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST

Probable cause

INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT BY THE PILOTS OF BOTH AIRCRAFT, WHICH RESULTED IN THEIR FAILURE TO SEE-AND-AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE SUN'S GLARE, WHICH RESTRICTED THE VISION OF THE CESSNA 172 PILOT.

Source: NTSB case ATL90FA095

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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