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Avions de Transport Regional's sales executives are seeking to regain attention in the U.S. and, after an eight-year interlude, expect to conclude new orders in the next few months.
The Oct. 31, 1994, crash of an ATR 72-212, American Eagle Flight 4184, near Roselawn, Ind., in icing conditions, had a dramatic impact on ATR's ongoing North American sales campaigns and seriously tarnished the twin turboprops' image. It resulted in eroding confidence in twin-turboprop aircraft types, which were gradually replaced via an emerging preference for jets.
In response to petitions from ATR and the DGAC French civil aviation authority disputing the NTSB's July 9, 1996, final report, the safety board last week issued modifications to its final accident report.
The modified report lists a singular probable cause of the accident: "the loss of control, attributed to sudden and unexpected aileron hinge moment reversal, that occurred after a ridge of ice accreted beyond the deice boots." The board deleted reference to that loss of control being caused by "ATR's failure to completely disclose to operators, and incorporate in the ATR 72 airplane flight manual . . . adequate information about effects of freezing precipitation on [aircraft] stability and control characteristics, autopilot and related operational procedures."
The modifications are not expected to noticeably change the course of marketing events.
The Oct. 31, 1994, crash of an ATR 72-212, American Eagle Flight 4184, near Roselawn, Ind., in icing conditions, had a dramatic impact on ATR's ongoing North American sales campaigns and seriously tarnished the twin turboprops' image. It resulted in eroding confidence in twin-turboprop aircraft types, which were gradually replaced via an emerging preference for jets.
In response to petitions from ATR and the DGAC French civil aviation authority disputing the NTSB's July 9, 1996, final report, the safety board last week issued modifications to its final accident report.
The modified report lists a singular probable cause of the accident: "the loss of control, attributed to sudden and unexpected aileron hinge moment reversal, that occurred after a ridge of ice accreted beyond the deice boots." The board deleted reference to that loss of control being caused by "ATR's failure to completely disclose to operators, and incorporate in the ATR 72 airplane flight manual . . . adequate information about effects of freezing precipitation on [aircraft] stability and control characteristics, autopilot and related operational procedures."
The modifications are not expected to noticeably change the course of marketing events.
