Atlantic Southeast Airlines Embraer EMB110-P1 accident
Embraer EMB110-P1 · Accident: airframe, component or system failure on approach
From Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to an unrecorded destination
Event
- NTSB case
- ATL84FA031
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Completed
- API-reported fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Charter & commuter
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Embraer EMB110-P1
- Aircraft type
- Embraer EMB110
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N764
- Operator
- Atlantic Southeast Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, GATo not recorded
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Approach · VFR pattern final
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Airframe, component or system failure
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Cause areas
- Pilot in command › Anxiety/apprehension
- Pilot in command › Checklist, not followed
- Pilot in command › Emotional reaction
- Pilot in command › Judgment, poor
- Pilot in command › Wheels up landing, performed
Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.
NTSB narrative
THE ACFT WAS LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. POST ACCIDENT TESTS OF THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM SHOWED THAT ALL OPERATIONS WERE NORMAL EXCEPT FOR THE MAIN GEAR DOWN-LOCK INDICATIONS. WHEN THE CREW LOWERED THE GEAR FOR LANDING THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN WERE CONFIRMED DOWN BUT THE CAPTAIN SAID THAT HIS VISUAL INSPECTION FROM THE COCKPIT REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT A FLY-BY FOR A TOWER CHECK WAS DONE OR THAT THE MIG LIGHT IN THE WHEEL WELL WAS USED FOR BETTER NIGHT VISION. THE CREW SAID THE ACFT MANUAL WAS USED FOR ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES TO LOWER THE GEAR. WHEN THE FUEL REMAINING REACHED 100 LBS PER SIDE A DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND WITH THE GEARUP. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LOCK PISTON WAS BINDING THUS PREVENTING A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT.
Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record ATL84FA031
- Event ID
- 20001214X44727
- Case number
- ATL84FA031
- Dataset
- historical-pre2008
- Source SHA-256
- 89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: local date, investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- The date is the local date; the NTSB stores the UTC date 1983-10-29.
- API snapshot SHA-256: 3a06f833e4987c228c72d569fd1833e18f3d187e528edadc2e2028c5237c4285; retrieved 2026-09-18T20:52:52.662Z.