Accident: Embraer EMB145
Mar 4, 2019 · Presque Isle, ME
NTSB numberDCA19FA089Event id20190304X65511
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 3
- Minor injuries
- 28
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The flight crew’s decision, due to confirmation bias, to continue the descent below the decision altitude when the runway had not been positively identified. Contributing to the accident were (1) the first officer’s fatigue, which exacerbated his confirmation bias, and (2) the failure of CommutAir pilots who had observed the localizer misalignment to report it to the company and air traffic before the accident.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Embraer EMB145
- Registration
- N14171
- Year built
- 2004
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 121: air carrier
- Defining event
- Landing Wrong surface or wrong airport
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Presque Isle International Airport (PQI)0 nm (0 km) south
- Caribou Municipal Airport (CAR)11 nm (20 km) north
- Loring International Airport (LIZ)17 nm (31 km) north-east
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