Project Summary: Aviation Investigation - 140 Docket Items - DCA97MA017

Description: COMAIR, INC. Embraer -- Detroit

Mode: Aviation

NTSB Number: DCA97MA017

Date of Accident: 01/09/1997

City: MONROE

State/Region: MI

Country: United States

Project Type: Investigation


Docket Information

Creation Date: 04/01/1997

Last Modified: 07/15/2013 8:47 AM

Public Release Date & Time: 05/07/1997 12:42 PM


Docket Table of Contents

Docket Items: 140
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1 Operations 2 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 73 0 Adobe PDF file View
2 Operations 2 - Attachment 1 - COMAIR EMB-120 V-Speeds 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
3 Operations 2 - Attachment 2 - Airplane Weight and Balance Calculations 9 0 Adobe PDF file View
4 Operations 2 - Attachment 3 - Toxicology Reports 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
5 Operations 2 - Attachment 4 - Program Tracking and Reporting Subsystems ASA and Skywest Airlines 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
6 Operations 2 - Attachment 5 - Airworthiness Directive 96-02-4 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
7 Operations 2 - Attachment 6 - COMAIR Flight Standards Bulletin 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
8 Operations 2 - Attachment 7 - Excerpts from Embraer EMB-120 Airplane Flight Manual 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
9 Operations 2 - Attachment 8 - Excerpts from COMAIR EMB-120 Flight Standards Manual 6 0 Adobe PDF file View
10 Operations 2 - Attachment 9 - Excerpts from EMB-120 1996 Recurrent Ground School Training Guide 8 0 Adobe PDF file View
11 Operations 2 - Attachment 10 - Excerpts from COMAIR Flight Operations Traning Manual EMB-120 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
12 Operations 2 - Attachment 11 - Excerpts from COMAIR EMB-120 Pilot Training Manual 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
13 Operations 2 - Attachment 12 - COMAIR Inter-Office Memos 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
14 Operations 2 - Attachment 13 - Embraer Operations Bulletin 120-002/96 25 0 Adobe PDF file View
15 Operations 2 - Attachment 14 - Correspondence 5 0 Adobe PDF file View
16 Operations 2 - Addendum 1 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 21 0 Adobe PDF file View
17 Operations 2 - Addendum 2 - Factual Report of Group Chairman - Interview with Barbara Carlson and Pam Mockbee 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
18 Operations 2 - Addendum 3 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 22 0 Adobe PDF file View
19 Operations 2 - Addendum 4 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 13 0 Adobe PDF file View
20 ATC 3 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 12 0 Adobe PDF file View
21 ATC 3 - Attachment 1 - Preliminary Notice/Notification Record 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
22 ATC 3 - Attachment 2 - FAA Report of Aircraft Accident 5 0 Adobe PDF file View
23 ATC 3 - Attachment 3 - Transcripts 31 0 Adobe PDF file View
24 ATC 3 - Attachment 4 - ATIS 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
25 ATC 3 - Attachment 5 - Flight Tracks (NTSB + FAA Separation Log) 11 0 Adobe PDF file View
26 ATC 3 - Attachment 6 - Facility Records 9 0 Adobe PDF file View
27 ATC 3 - Attachment 7 - Personnel Statements 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
28 ATC 3 - Attachment 8 - Flight Strip 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
29 ATC 3 - Attachment 9 - SOP Excerpts 15 0 Adobe PDF file View
30 ATC 3 - Attachment 10 - NOS Charts 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
31 ATC 3 - Attachment 11 - Facility Layout Diagram 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
32 ATC 3 - Attachment 12 - Wake Turbulence Procedures, 7110.65 7 0 Adobe PDF file View
33 ATC 3 - Attachment 13 - Pirep Procedures, 7110.65 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
34 ATC 3 - Attachment 14 - Facility Manager's Letter 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
35 Witness 4 - Group Chairman Factual Report 12 0 Adobe PDF file View
36 Meteorology 5 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 49 0 Adobe PDF file View
37 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 (Attachments A) 23 0 Adobe PDF file View
38 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 2 (Attachments B) 16 0 Adobe PDF file View
39 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 3 (Attachments C) 12 0 Adobe PDF file View
40 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 4 (Attachments D) 20 0 Adobe PDF file View
41 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 5 - (Attachments E) 32 0 Adobe PDF file View
42 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 6 (Attachments F) 18 0 Adobe PDF file View
43 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 7 (Attachments G) 16 0 Adobe PDF file View
44 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 8 (Attachments H) 9 0 Adobe PDF file View
45 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 9 (Attachments I) 36 0 Adobe PDF file View
46 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 10 (Attachments J) 21 0 Adobe PDF file View
47 Meteorology 5 - Attachment 11 (Attachments K) 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
48 Meteorology 5 - Addendum 1 to Meteorological Factual Report 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
49 Meteorology 5 - Addendum 1 to Meteorological Factual Report - Attachment - L 27 0 Adobe PDF file View
50 Meteorology 5 - Addendum II to Meteorological Factual Report - Weather Radar Data 67 0 Adobe PDF file View
51 Meteorology 5 - Addendum III to Meteorological Factual Report - Information regarding the exhaust stack plume height of Detroit Edison's Monroe Power Plant exhaust stack plume are contained as Attachments 1-10 11 0 Adobe PDF file View
52 Meteorology 5 - Addendum IV - A mesoscale meteorological review of the COMAIR 3272 crash of 9 January 1997 was prepared by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research at the request of the NTSB 33 0 Adobe PDF file View
53 Meteorology 5 - Addendum V - Mesoscale Analysis of the COMAIR-3272 Crash of 9 January 1997 (revised) by Ben C. Bernstein, National Center for Atmospheric Research 39 0 Adobe PDF file View
54 Meteorology 5 - Addendum VI - Interview Summaries from the Captain and First Officer of Northeast Flight 272 12 0 Adobe PDF file View
55 Powerplants 8 - Group Chairman Factual Report 38 0 Adobe PDF file View
56 Powerplants 8 - Photo 1. View of wreckage showing center crater and left and right engines and propellers 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
57 Powerplants 8 - Photo 2. Left engine and propeller at crash site 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
58 Powerplants 8 - Photo 3. Right engine and propeller at crash site 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
59 Powerplants 8 - Photo 4. Left propeller blade tip fiberglass shell and foam core 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
60 Powerplants 8 - Photo 5. Left engine low pressure impeller leading edge 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
61 Powerplants 8 - Photo 6. Right engine low pressure impeller leading edge 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
62 Powerplants 8 - Photo 7. Left engine power turbine second stage blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
63 Powerplants 8 - Photo 8. Right engine power turbine second stage blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
64 Powerplants 8 - Photo 9. Left propeller servo piston 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
65 Powerplants 8 - Photo 10. Right propeller ball screw showing 1 7/16 inch extension 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
66 Powerplants 8 - Photo 11. Left propeller assembly prepared for shipment to Hamilton Standard 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
67 Powerplants 8 - Photo 12. Right propeller assembly prepared for shipment to Hamilton Standard 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
68 Powerplants 8 - Photo 13. Left engine prepared for shipment to Pratt & Whitney of Canada 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
69 Powerplants 8 - Photo 14. Right engine prepared for shipment to Pratt & Whitney of Canada 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
70 Powerplants 8 - Photo 15. Left propeller assembly as received at Hamilton Standard 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
71 Powerplants 8 - Photo 16. Right propeller assembly as received at Hamilton Standard 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
72 Powerplants 8 - Photo 17. Comparison of the four left propeller blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
73 Powerplants 8 - Photo 18. Comparison of the four right propeller blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
74 Powerplants 8 - Photo 19. Comparison of butt end of right hand propeller blade No. 4 with butt end of an exemplar propeller blade 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
75 Powerplants 8 - Photo 20. Butt end of right hand propeller blade No. 4 showing measurement of witness mark on blade pin plateau with protractor to determine propeller blade pitch angle 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
76 Powerplants 8 - Photo 21. Left propeller hub 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
77 Powerplants 8 - Photo 22. Right propeller hub 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
78 Powerplants 8 - Photo 23. Measurement of yoke to mounting pad flange to determine propeller blade pitch angle 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
79 Powerplants 8 - Photo 24. Left propeller servo pistion ball screw internal splines 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
80 Powerplants 8 - Photo 25. Left propeller servo piston quill external and interal splines 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
81 Powerplants 8 - Photo 26. Righ propeller servo piston sectioned ball screw showing internal splines, and the external splines on the quill and transfer tube 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
82 Powerplants 8 - Photo 27. Left propeller blades showing deicing boots 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
83 Powerplants 8 - Photo 28. Left propeller bulkhead and electrial leads 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
84 Powerplants 8 - Photo 29. Left propeller slip rings 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
85 Powerplants 8 - Photo 30. Right propeller blades showing damage to leading edge and missing deicing boots 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
86 Powerplants 8 - Photo 31. Right propeller bulkhead and electrical leads 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
87 Powerplants 8 - Photo 32. Right propeller ship rings 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
88 Powerplants 8 - Photo 33. Left engine as received at Pratt & Whitney of Canada 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
89 Powerplants 8 - Photo 34. Left engine low pressure impeller 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
90 Powerplants 8 - Photo 35. Left engine high pressure impeller 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
91 Powerplants 8 - Photo 36. Left engine combustion chamber liner 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
92 Powerplants 8 - Photo 37. Fractured low pressure and power turbine shafts from left engine 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
93 Powerplants 8 - Photo 38. Left engine high pressure turbine disk and blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
94 Powerplants 8 - Photo 39. Left engine low pressure turbine disk and blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
95 Powerplants 8 - Photo 40. Left engine first stage power turbine disk and blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
96 Powerplants 8 - Photo 41. Left engine second stage power turbine disk and blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
97 Powerplants 8 - Photo 42. Left engine power turbine second stage vanes showing slag and metal spatter due to sectioning of turbine case 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
98 Powerplants 8 - Photo 43. Left engine propeller drive shaft 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
99 Powerplants 8 - Photo 44. Close up of left engine reduction gear box showing imprint of bull gear 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
100 Powerplants 8 - Photo 45. Right engine as received at Pratt & Whitney of Canada 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
101 Powerplants 8 - Photo 46. Right engine low pressure impeller 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
102 Powerplants 8 - Photo 47. Right engine high pressure impeller 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
103 Powerplants 8 - Photo 48. Right engine combustion chamber liner 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
104 Powerplants 8 - Photo 49. Fractured low pressure and power turbine shafts from right engine 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
105 Powerplants 8 - Photo 50. Right engine high pressure turbine disk and blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
106 Powerplants 8 - Photo 51. Right engine low pressure turbine disk and blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
107 Powerplants 8 - Photo 52. Close up of right engine low pressure turbine blades showing the rainbow color pattern 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
108 Powerplants 8 - Photo 53. Right engine first stage power turbine disk and blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
109 Powerplants 8 - Photo 54. Right engine second stage power turbine disk and blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
110 Powerplants 8 - Photo 55. Close up of right engine second stage power turbine blades 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
111 Powerplants 8 - Photo 56. Close up imprint of bull gear on right engine reduction gear box 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
112 Powerplants 8 - Photo 57. Left auxiliary electric pump as received at AeroControlex 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
113 Powerplants 8 - Photo 58. Left auxiliary electric pump motor at 12:00 position 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
114 Powerplants 8 - Photo 59. Left auxiliary electric pump motor at 6:00 position 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
115 Powerplants 8 - Photo 60. Left auxiliary electric pump housing and gears 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
116 Powerplants 8 - Photo 61. Right auxiliary electric pump as received at AeroControlex 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
117 Powerplants 8 - Photo 62. Right auxiliary electric pump motor at 12:00 position 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
118 Powerplants 8 - Photo 63. Right auxiliary electric pump motor at 6:00 position 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
119 Powerplants 8 - Photo 64. Right auxiliary electric pump housing and gears 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
120 Systems 9 - Group Chairman Factual Report 6 0 Adobe PDF file View
121 Systems 9 - Photo 1. Upper Portion of Ice and Rain Protection Panel 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
122 Systems 9 - Photo 2. Disassembly of the Engine Fire Handles 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
123 Systems 9 - Photo 3. View of Left Wing Leading Edge Deice Boot 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
124 Systems 9 - Photo 4. Filament from Propeller Anti-ice "Normal" Light Bulb 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
125 Systems 9 - Photo 5. Measurement of Rudder Trim Spool Rod Extension 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
126 Systems 9 - Photo 6. Circuit Breaker Panel 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
127 Flight Data Recorder 10 - Group Chairman Factual Report 6 0 Adobe PDF file View
128 Flight Data Recorder 10 - Attachment 1 (Parameter Listing) 5 0 Adobe PDF file View
129 Flight Data Recorder 10 - Attachment 2 (Data Plots) 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
130 Flight Data Recorder 10 - Addendum 1 to Group Chairman's Factual Report 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
131 Flight Data Recorder 10 - Attachment 1 (Tabular Printout) 23 0 Adobe PDF file View
132 Flight Data Recorder 10 - Attachment 2 (Data Plot) 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
133 Flight Data Recorder 10 - Addendum 2 - Evaluation of Flight Control Parameters During Previous Flights, and Tabular Printout of FDR Data for the Last 10 Minutes of the Accident Flight 101 0 Adobe PDF file View
134 Maintenance Records 11 - Group Chairman Factual Report 5 0 Adobe PDF file View
135 Maintenance Records 11 - Attachment 1 - Appendix A 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
136 Maintenance Records 11 - Attachment 2 - Appendix B 63 0 Adobe PDF file View
137 Cockpit Voice Recorder 12 - Group Chairman Factual Report 26 0 Adobe PDF file View
138 Aircraft Performance 13 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 121 0 Adobe PDF file View
139 Aircraft Performance 13 - Addendum 1 249 0 Adobe PDF file View
140 Animation Video of Accident 1 0 Adobe PDF file View