Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460

Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460
Accident summary
An Aero Trasporti Italiani ATR-42-300, similar to the one involved.
Date	15 October 1987
Summary	Disputed- Pilot Error (ATR), Icing and Design Flaw (Investigators)
Site	Conca di Crezzo, Italy
Passengers	34
Crew	3
Fatalities	37 (all)
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	ATR 42-312
Operator	Aero Trasporti Italiani
Registration	I-ATRH

The Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460 was a flight that crashed on 15 October 1987 in 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

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

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

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