- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 05, 2017
Time: 0653
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Operator: Air Cargo Carriers
Flight #: ?
Route: Louisville - Charleston
AC Type: Shorts 300-200
Registration: N334AC
cn / ln: SH-3029
Aboard: 2   (passengers:0  crew:2)
Fatalities: 2   (passengers:0  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: The cargo plane was destroyed when it crashed while attempting to land on runway 05 at Charleston Yeager Airport. After touching down hard, the aircraft when off the left side of the runway and fell into a wooded ravine. The flight crew's improper decision to conduct a circling approach contrary to the operator's standard operating procedures and the captain's excessive descent rate and maneuvering during the approach, which led to inadvertent, uncontrolled contact with the ground.
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