Accident · 2004-10-25
What the record says
- Event date
- 2004-10-25
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Saab-Scania AB (Saab) SF-340B (N376AE)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Eagle Airlines Inc Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- American Eagle Airlines, Inc.
Probable cause
The ground personnel's failure to maintain clearance from the propeller. Contributing factors were the ground personnel's failure to comply with procedures/directives and the ground personnel's failure to properly use equipment.
Source: NTSB case DFW05LA010Flight 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.