| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | April 05, 1991 |
| Time: | 1451 |
| Location: | Brunswick, Georgia |
| Operator: | Atlantic Southeast Airlines |
| Flight #: | 2311 |
| Route: | Atlanta - Brunswick |
| AC Type: | Embraer 120RT- Brasilia |
| Registration: | N270AS |
| cn / ln: | 120-218 |
| Aboard: | 23 (passengers:20 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 23 (passengers:20 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Just after turning onto final approach, the aircraft suddenly rolled left until the wings were perpendicular to the ground and crashed in a nose down attitude 2 miles short of the runway. Malfunction of the left engine propeller control unit which allowed the propeller blade angle to go below the flight idle position. Contributing to the accident was the deficient design of the propeller control unit by Hamilton Standard and the approval of the design by the FAA . Texas Senator John Tower, 66, his daughter and astronaut Manley "Sonny" Carter were among those killed. |
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