UPS Airlines Flight 1354 - ATC Recordings [CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN]

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• published: 25 Feb 2014
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UPS Airlines Flight 1354, an Airbus A300F4-622R, N155UP, crashed and burst into flames near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM). Both pilots were killed. On August 14th, 2013, UPS flight 1354 departed Louisville International Airport, KY (SDF) about 05:04 hours EDT on a regular cargo service to Birmingham (BHM). The flight was on approach to runway 18 when it struck trees. The airplane contacted terrain and crashed in a field, 1000 m short of the runway. On September 9, 2014 the National Transportation Safety Board announced that it had determined the probable cause of the accident was that the aircrew had continued an unstabilized approach into Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport during which they failed to monitor their altitude and thus inadvertently descended below the minimum descent altitude when the runway was not yet in sight resulting in controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) approximately 3,300 feet short of the runway threshold. The NTSB also found contributing factors to the accident included: 1: The flight crew’s failure to properly configure and verify the flight management computer for the profile approach. 2: The captain’s failure to communicate his intentions to the first officer once it became apparent the vertical profile was not captured. 3: The flight crew’s expectation that they would break out of the clouds at 1,000 feet above ground level due to incomplete weather information. 4: The first officer’s failure to make the required minimums call-outs. 5: The captain’s performance deficiencies likely due to factors including, but not limited to, fatigue, distraction, or confusion, consistent with performance deficiencies exhibited during training. 6: The first officer’s fatigue due to acute sleep loss resulting from her ineffective off-duty time management and circadian factor. Information: http://aviation-safety.net/ Photograph: http://www.airliners.net/ Recording: http://www.liveatc.net/