Ryan International Airlines Flight 590
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Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 was a cargo flight carrying mail for the United States Postal Service from Greater Buffalo International Airport (BUF) in Buffalo, New York, to Indianapolis International Airport (IND) in Indiana, with a stopover at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) in Cleveland, Ohio. On February 17, 1991, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC operating the flight crashed on takeoff from Cleveland during icing conditions. Both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants, were killed. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the causes of the crash were the flight crew failing to deice their aircraft, and the inexperience of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), McDonnell Douglas, and Ryan International Airlines with icing condition on DC-9-10 aircraft (the shortest variant of the DC-9).[2][3]
Accident | |
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Date | February 17, 1991 (1991-02-17) |
Summary | Crashed on takeoff due to atmospheric icing, pilot error, and poor FAA oversight |
Site | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio, United States 41°24.3′N 81°51.5′W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC |
Operator | Ryan International Airlines |
IATA flight No. | RD590 |
ICAO flight No. | RYN590 |
Call sign | RYAN 590 |
Registration | N565PC[1] |
Flight origin | Greater Buffalo International Airport, Buffalo, New York |
Stopover | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio |
Destination | Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana |
Occupants | 2 |
Passengers | 0 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 2 |
Survivors | 0 |