E145, Presque Isle ME USA, 2019

E145, Presque Isle ME USA, 2019

Summary

On 4 March 2019, an Embraer 145 attempting to land off an ILS approach at Presque Isle in procedure-minima weather conditions flew an unsuccessful first approach and a second in similar conditions which ended in a crash landing abeam the intended landing runway substantially damaging the aircraft. The accident was attributed to the crew decision to continue below the applicable minima without acquiring the required visual reference and noted that the ILS localiser had not been aligned with the runway extended centreline and that a recent crew report of this fault had not been promptly passed to the same Operator.

Description

On 4 March 2019, an Embraer 145 (N14171) being operated by CommutAir on behalf of United Express was on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Newark to Presque Isle and attempting to land on runway 01 at destination in day IMC and in conditions equivalent to ILS minima. The first approach ended in a go around and the second ended in an off-runway crash landing which resulted in minor injuries to one of the pilots and two of the 28 passengers but also caused sufficient damage to the aircraft that it was declared a hull loss.

E145 Presque Isle 2019 final position

The subsequently written off aircraft in its final resting position. [Reproduced from the Official Report]

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