Date: | August 21, 1995 |
Location: | Near Carrollton, GA |
Aircraft: | Embraer 120-RT Brasilia |
Reg: | N256AS |
Airline: | Atlantic Southeast Airlines |
Flight No: | 529 |
Fatalities: | 29 : 10 |
Shortly after taking off from Atlanta on a flight to Gulfport, the aircraft experienced propeller separation in the left engine while climbing through FL 180. The aircraft hit trees, crashed into a field and burned while trying to make an emergency landing at West Georgia Regional Airport |