Boeing 727-232 N497FE
26 July 2002 · Tallahassee, Florida, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 26 July 2002 at about 09:37 local time, a Boeing 727-232 registered N497FE was involved in an accident near Tallahassee, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 09:37
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Tallahassee, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH)
- Coordinates
- 30.3895, -84.5095
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-232
- Registration
- N497FE
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Memphis → Tallahassee
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- DCA02MA054
People
3 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The captain's and first officer's failure to establish and maintain a proper glidepath during the night visual approach to landing. Contributing to the accident was a combination of the captain's and first officer's fatigue, the captain's and first officer's failure to adhere to company flight procedures, the captain's and flight engineer's failure to monitor the approach, and the first officer's color vision deficiency.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-04/02. On July 26, 2002, at 0537 eastern daylight time, a FedEx Boeing 727, N497FE, crashed during landing at Tallahassee, Florida. The airplane was operating as Flight 1478 from Memphis, Tennessee, to Tallahassee. The airplane crashed short of the runway, and was subsequently destroyed by fire. All three crewmembers were seriously injured.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2002 | Boeing 727-30C | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Varig | Unknown | - |
| 28 Jan 2002 | Boeing 727-134 | Ipiales, Colombia | Tame Airlines | Fatal | 92 |
| 14 Feb 2002 | Boeing 727-100 | Kotzebue, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Jan 2002 | Boeing 727-200 | Greenville, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Mar 2001 | Boeing 727-223B | Pohnpei Island, Federated States Of Micronesia | Express One International Inc | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jul 2001 | Boeing 727-2Q6 | Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States | American Trans Air | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2002 | Cessna 182Q | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 2002 | Agusta A119 | Okeechobee, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Sep 2002 | Cessna 172P | Lutz, Florida, United States | Troy Mason Heidel | No injuries | - |
| 21 Sep 2002 | Beagle B-206 SERIES 2 | McAlpin, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Jan 2002 | Mooney M20J | Lake Placid, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Jun 2002 | Piper PA-46-310P | Osteen, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |