About 2120 c.d.t., May 8, 1978, National Airlines Flight 193, a Boeing 727-235, crashed into Escambia Bay while executing a surveillance radar approach to runway 25 of the Pensacola Regional Airport. The aircraft crashed about 3 nmi from the east end of runway 25 and came to rest in about 12 ft of water. There were 52 passengers and a crew of 6 on board; 3 passengers were drowned. The accident occurred during the hours of darkness and in instrument meteorological conditions. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the flightcrew's unprofessionally conducted nonprecision instrument approach, in that the captain and the crew failed to monitor the descent rate and altitude, and the first officer failed to provide the captain with required altitude and approach performance callouts. Contributing to the accident was the radar controller's failure to provide advance notice of the start-descent point which accelerated the pace of the crew's cockpit activities after the passage of the final approach fix.
Aircraft Accident Report - National Airlines, Inc., Boeing 727-235, N4744NA, Escambia Bay, Pensacola, Florida, May 8, 1978
1978
56 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Aeronautics , Aviation accidents , Accident investigations , Escambia Bay , Florida , Jet aircraft , Transport aircraft , Instrument landing systems , Approach , Radar surveillance , Passenger aircraft , Casualties , Terminal air traffic control , Boeing 727 aircraft , Pensacola(Florida) , Pensacola Regional Airport