British Aerospace JETSTREAM 3201 accident near Morrisville, North Carolina, December 13, 1994
On December 13, 1994 at about 11:34 pm local time, a British Aerospace JETSTREAM 3201, registered N918AE, was destroyed in an accident near Morrisville, North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham Intl airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). 15 people were killed and 5 people were seriously injured. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
1) the captain's improper assumption that an engine had failed, and 2) the captain's subsequent failure to follow approved procedures for engine failure, single-engine approach and go-around, and stall recovery. Contributing to the cause of the accident was the failure of AMR Eagle/Flagship management to identify, document, monitor, and remedy deficiencies in pilot performance and training. (NTSB Report AAR-95/07)
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made September 29, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 13, 1994 · about 11:34 pm local time
- Place
- Morrisville, North Carolina · Raleigh-Durham Intl
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 15 people were killed and 5 people were seriously injured.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- British Aerospace JETSTREAM 3201 JETSTREAM
- Registration
- N918AE · registry record · serial 918
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The airplane crashed about 4 miles southwest of the runway 5L threshold during an ILS approach. The captain had associated the illumination of the left engine IGN light, illuminated as a result of a momentary negative torque condition when the propeller speed levers were advanced tp 100% and the power levers were at flight idle, with an engine failure. There was no evidence of an engine failure. The captain failed to follow established procedures for engine failure identification, single engine appoach, single engine go-around, and stall recovery. AMR Eagle training did not adequately address the recognition of engine failure at low power, the aerodynamic effects of asymmetric thrust from a 'windmilling' propeller, and high thrust on the other engine. AMR Eagle and Flagship Airlines crew training records do not provide sufficient detail for management to track performance. Flagship Airlines management was deficient in its knowledge of the types of crew records available, and in the content and use of such records.
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About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database and is rewritten in plain English only where the NTSB used codes; the probable cause and narrative are the NTSB's own words. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number DCA95MA006.