Comair Flight 5191
A CRJ-100ER in Comair livery similar to the accident aircraft
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | August 27, 2006 |
| Summary | Runway confusion due to pilot error |
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Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Passengers | 47 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 49 (All passengers, 2 crew members) |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 (First Officer) |
| Aircraft type | Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) CRJ-100ER |
| Operator | Comair (d/b/a Delta Connection) |
| Registration | N431CA |
| Flight origin | Blue Grass Airport |
| Destination | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
 Pre-crash photos of N431CA
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Comair Flight 5191, marketed as Delta Connection Flight 5191, was a scheduled United States (US) domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia, operated on behalf of Delta Connection by Comair. On the morning of August 27, 2006, at around 06:07 EDT, the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 100ER that was being used for the flight crashed while attempting to take off from Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the central business district of the City of Lexington.
The aircraft was assigned the airport's runway 22 for the takeoff, but used runway 26 instead. Runway 26 was too short for a safe takeoff, causing the aircraft to overrun the end of the runway before it could become airborne. It crashed just past the end of the runway, killing all 47 passengers and two of the three crew. The flight's first officer was the only survivor.
Although not the pilot in command, according to the cockpit voice recorder transcript, the first officer was the pilot flying at the time of the accident. In the National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash, investigators concluded that the likely cause of the crash was pilot error.
The flight was sold under the Delta Air Lines brand as Delta Connection Flight 5191 (DL5191) and was operated by Comair as Comair Flight 5191 (OH5191). It is usually identified as Comair Flight 5191.
The flight had been scheduled to land at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 7:18 a.m.
The aircraft involved was a 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100ER, serial number 7472. Manufactured in Canada in January 2001, it was delivered to the airline on January 30, 2001.
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