Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460

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.

Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460
An Aero Trasporti Italiani ATR-42-300, similar to the one involved.
Accident
Date15 October 1987
SummaryDisputed- Pilot Error (ATR), Icing and Design Flaw (Investigators)
SiteMount Crozza, Conca di Crezzo, Italy
Aircraft
Aircraft typeATR 42-312
Aircraft nameVerona
OperatorAero Trasporti Italiani
RegistrationI-ATRH
Flight originMilan Linate Airport, Milan, Italy
DestinationCologne Bonn Airport, Cologne, Germany
Passengers34
Crew3
Fatalities37
Survivors0

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

References

  1. Accident description for I-ATRH at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 15 April 2014.


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