UPS A300 Crash near Birmingham

[SwissCyul]

Status: Preliminary

 

Date: 14 AUG 2013 

 

Time: ca 04:50 

Type: Airbus A300F4-622R 

 

Operator: United Parcel Service - UPS

 

Registration: N155UP

 

C/n / msn: 841

 

First flight: 2003-11-03 (9 years 10 months)

 

Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney PW4158

 

Crew: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2

 

Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0

 

Total: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2

 

Airplane damage: Destroyed

 

Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)

 

Location: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) (United States of America)

 

Phase: Approach (APR)

 

Nature: Cargo

 

Departure airport: Louisville International Airport, KY (SDF/KSDF), United States of America

 

Destination airport: Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM/KBHM), United States of America

 

Flightnumber: 1354

 

Narrative:
UPS Flight 1354, an Airbus A300F4-622R, N155UP, crashed and burst into flames near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM). Both pilots were killed.
Flight 1354 departed Louisville International Airport, KY (SDF) about 05:04 hours EDT on a regular cargo service to Birmingham (BHM).
Radar data from Flightaware show the airplane on an apparent approach to runway 18 with radar data terminating at 04:49 hours CDT. 

Weather reported at the time of the accident (04:50 local time, 09:50 UTC):
KBHM 140953Z 34004KT 10SM FEW011 BKN035 OVC075 23/22 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02330222

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 14, 2013 by SwissCyul

[Cessna 195]

What exatly happened?

[Orcair]

We don't know yet. NTSB should file a report sometime in the next 6 months - 2 years depending on their investigation

[TheSlasher]

I heard it was that they were to low and the plane hit a tree 

[SwissCyul]

Nobody knows what happened. We just have to wait until the official report comes out. But the NTSB said that the A300 actually hit trees. 

Edited September 3, 2013 by SwissCyul

[PhM]

You can find a discussion about that accident on Pprune.

 

PhM