Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460

Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460
An Aero Trasporti Italiani ATR-42-300, similar to the one involved.
Accident
Date 15 October 1987
Summary Disputed- Pilot Error (ATR), Icing and Design Flaw (Investigators)
Site Mount Crozza, Conca di Crezzo, Italy
Aircraft
Aircraft type ATR 42-312
Aircraft name Verona
Operator Aero Trasporti Italiani
Registration I-ATRH
Flight origin Milan Linate Airport, Milan, Italy
Destination Cologne Bonn Airport, Cologne, Germany
Passengers 34
Crew 3
Fatalities 37
Survivors 0

Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460 was a flight that crashed on 15 October 1987 on Mount Crezzo, near Conca di Crezzo, Italy, that took the lives of 34 passengers and 3 crew. The aircraft took off from Milan-Linate (LIN) for a flight to Cologne (CGN). Icing conditions existed. Fifteen minutes after takeoff, while climbing through FL147 in IAS hold mode (constant speed set at 133 kts) the aircraft rolled left and right. The plane rolled 41deg right, 100deg left, 105deg right and 135deg left. During pull up three anomalous pitch trim movements set the elevator to pitch down, preventing recovery.

The ATR crashed nose down into a 700 m high mountain following an uncontrolled descent.[1]

References

Coordinates: 45°54′34″N 9°17′00″E / 45.9094°N 9.2834°E / 45.9094; 9.2834


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