NTSB To Determine The Probable Cause Of Pinnacle 3701

[Rogue5]

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NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

January 4, 2007

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NTSB TO DETERMINE THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE 2004 PINNACLE
AIRLINES ACCIDENT IN JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI

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Washington, DC. -- The National Transportation Safety Board
will hold a public Board meeting Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at
9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429
L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C.

The Board will consider a final accident report on the
following case: On October 14, 2004, at about 2215 central
daylight time, N8396A, a Bombardier CL-600-2B19 operated by
Pinnacle Airlines (doing business as Northwest Airlink)
flight 3701 crashed in a residential area in Jefferson City,
Missouri, about three miles south of the Jefferson City,
Missouri, airport. The airplane was destroyed by impact
forces and a post crash fire. The two crew members were
fatally injured. There were no passengers on board and no
injuries on the ground. The flight was a repositioning
flight from Little Rock, Arkansas to Minneapolis-St. Paul,
Minnesota.

A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be
available on the Board's website at www.ntsb.gov. Technical
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A summary of the Board's final report, which will include
findings, probable cause and any safety recommendations,
will appear on the web site shortly after the conclusion of
the meeting. The entire report will appear on the web site
several weeks later.

Directions to Board Room: Front door located on Lower 10th
Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From Metro, exit
L'Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D Streets escalator, walk
through shopping mall, at CVS store take escalator down one
level. Board room will be to your left.

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Terry N. Williams
(202) 314-6100
[email protected]


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[be-400xpdriver]

Why the hell do they need a public meeting? The causes were not following SOP's, flying to slow at altitude, and poor piloting skills. There that was easy.

Oh I forgot the the sudden impact of the jet when it hit the ground as another cause of the accident.

 

[DoinTime]

Why the hell do they need a public meeting? The causes were not following SOP's, flying to slow at altitude, and poor piloting skills. There that was easy.

Oh I forgot the the sudden impact of the jet when it hit the ground as another cause of the accident.

I'm glad your not on the NTSB.

 

[The Drizzle]

I'm glad your not on the NTSB.

Yeah, he used too many words. The first single word probable cause in NTSB history. Idiocy.

 

[Guitar Guy]

Why the hell do they need a public meeting?

In part, because the NTSB needs to keep their profile up for when budget talks come around.

But I agree - this will be a pretty easy probable cause for them to find. I wonder if core lock will even get a cursory mention.

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

My hope is that the findings will not be confined to the actions of the crew. There can be no doubt that they, especially the PIC, were the cause of the accident, but it would be gratifying to see the NTSB explore training and corporate culture at the regional level. I would be curious to see if they think that the regional airlines have reached safety parity with the majors, i.e. the "one level of safety" the industry and FAA like to brag about so much.

 

[n32jk]

My hope is that the findings will not be confined to the actions of the crew. There can be no doubt that they, especially the PIC, were the cause of the accident, but it would be gratifying to see the NTSB explore training and corporate culture at the regional level. I would be curious to see if they think that the regional airlines have reached safety parity with the majors, i.e. the "one level of safety" the industry and FAA like to brag about so much.

The problem is that the industry seeks to make that parity closer to the regionals and bringing the majors down to this level. One level of $afety

 

[DoinTime]

But I agree - this will be a pretty easy probable cause for them to find. I wonder if core lock will even get a cursory mention.

There is no doubt that the pilots will get the lions share of the blame for this unneccesary tradgedy but the fact that the aircraft could not perform something it is certified to do (in flight engine relights either widmilling or APU assisted) will not go unnoticed and nor should it.

The training program at PCL also should not go unscathed. These guys had no idea what they were doing was so incredibly dangerous. I find it hard to believe that a 121 carrier can be allowed to put such clueless pilots at the controls. It may not be PCL's responsibility to teach these kinds of things but it certainly should be their responsibility to make sure that these concepts are known.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Why the hell do they need a public meeting?

I'm pretty much sure that's just the next step in the NTSB's usual methods. Nothing special, nothing that hasn't happened at all the other 121 accident cases.

 

[crjskipper]

doin time - engines are not certified to be abused the way these morons abused them - how can you expect to cook a motor at FL410 then super cool it and expect it to spin properly.

GE should sue the pilots for wrongful death