| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 14, 2013 |
| Time: | 0449 |
| Location: | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Operator: | United Parcel Service |
| Flight #: | 1354 |
| Route: | Louisville - Birmingham |
| AC Type: | Airbus A300F-622R |
| Registration: | N155UP |
| cn / ln: | 841 |
| Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The cargo plane was on approach when it struck trees, crashed and burst into flames. The flight crew’s failure to properly configure and verify the flight management computer for the profile approach. The captain’s failure to communicate his intentions to the first officer once it became apparent the vertical profile was not captured. |
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