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	ASN Aircraft accident description Aérospatiale/Aeritalia ATR-72-212 N401AM - Roselawn, IN
		American Eagle Flight 4184 was scheduled to depart the gate in Indianapolis at 14:10; however, due to a change in the traffic flow because of deteriorating weather conditions at destination Chicago-O'Hare, the flight left the gate at 14:14 and was held on the ground for 42 minutes before receiving an IFR clearance to O'Hare.
		At 15:13, flight 4184 began the descent to 10,000 feet.
		At 15:18, shortly after flight 4184 leveled off at 10,000 feet, the crew received a clearance to enter a holding pattern near the LUCIT intersection and they were told to expect further clearance at 15:45, which was revised to 16:00 at 15:38.
	aviation-safety.net /database/record.php?id=19941031-1 (688 words)

	Midwest Today: Airline Safety
		American Eagle Flight 4184, en route from Indianapolis to Chicago, was in a routine holding pattern late one Halloween afternoon in 1994, waiting its turn to land at O'Hare airport.
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	Amazon.de: Unheeded Warning: The Inside Story of American Eagle Flight 4184: English Books: Stephen A. Fredrick,S. A. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Was the 194 crash of the American Eagle flight 4184 the inevitable result of an appalling lack of concern among government and airline officials?
		Flight 4184 was an ATR 72, which in 1994 crashed in icing conditions at Roselawn, Indiana, killing all 68 people on board.
		Stephen Fredrick was then an American Eagle pilot, who himself one year ago had experienced an ice-related near accident in an ATR 72, and who after the Roselawn accident became a vocal opponent of the airplane.
	www.amazon.de /Unheeded-Warning-Inside-American-Flight/dp/0070219516 (829 words)

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	CVR Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		American Eagle Flight 4184 was scheduled to depart the gate in Indianapolis at 14.10h; however, due to a change in the traffic flow because of deteriorating weather conditions at destination Chicago-O'Hare, the flight left the gate at 14.14h and was held on the ground for 42 minutes before receiving an IFR clearance to O'Hare.
		At 15.13h, flight 4184 began the descent to 10,000 feet.
		At 15.18h, shortly after flight 4184 leveled off at 10,000 feet, the crew received a clearance to enter a holding pattern near the LUCIT intersection and they were told to expect further clearance at 15.45h, which was revised to 16.00h at 15.38h.
	www.tailstrike.com /311094.htm (1338 words)

	NTSB Abstract AAR-96/01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Abstract: Volume I of this report explains the crash of American Eagle flight 4184, an ATR 72 airplane during a rapid descent after an uncommanded roll excursion.
		The safety issues discussed in the report focused on communicating hazardous weather information to flightcrews, Federal regulations on aircraft icing and icing certification requirements, the monitoring of aircraft airworthiness, and flightcrew training for unusual events/attitudes.
		Safety recommendations concerning these issues were addressed to the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and AMR Eagle.
	www.ntsb.gov /Publictn/1996/AAR9601.htm (101 words)

	Articles \| Corboy & Demetrio
		Families of 27 people killed three years ago when an American Eagle flight slammed into an Indiana farm field settled their lawsuits Monday with the airline and manufacturers of the airplane for approximately $110 million.
		Her sister, Sandi Modaff, was a flight attendant on the plane.
		American Eagle Flight 4184, bound from Indianapolis to O'Hare International Airport, was in a holding pattern in a freezing rain the evening of Oct. 31, 1994, when it suddenly rolled and plunged to the ground near Roselawn, Ind. All 68 people aboard the French-built ATR-72 turboprop died.
	www.corboydemetrio.com /news/articles/09.22.97_cdlb.html (556 words)

	American Eagle Flight 4184 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Flight recorder data showed that it subsequently went through at least one full roll, and the crew was unable to regain control of the rapidly descending aircraft.
		The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) stated that the probable cause of this crash was the flight into known icing conditions, with the aircraft being operated outside its "icing certification envelope".
		After this crash, AMR Corporation stopped using its American Eagle ATRs out of their northern hubs and moved them to their southern and Caribbean hubs in Dallas, Texas; Miami, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico to alleviate potential icing problems in the future.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Eagle_Flight_4184 (485 words)

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		The service is planning to honor the 68 victims of Flight 4184 and their families, and also recognize the efforts of all the volunteers and supporters who have participated in the recovery effort.
		While the crash of Flight 4184 on October 31 put Roselawn, Indiana, on the map, it also focused the spotlight on the 68 victims who lost their lives in a rural farm field.
		The release of the official flight list was delayed the night of the crash when airline officials phoned the home of one passenger whose name was on the flight list only to have the call answered by that person.
	www.lowellpl.lib.in.us /planecr.htm (1704 words)

	Aviation Safety Network > Accident investigation > CVR / FDR > Transcripts > CVR transcript American Eagle Flight 4184 ...
		Cockpit voice recorder transcript of the October 31, 1994 accident of American Eagle Flight 4184, an ATR-72 near Roselawn, USA.
		Eagle flight one eighty four, descend and maintain eight thousand.
		Eagle flight one eighty four uh, should be about ten minutes uh, till you're cleared in.
	aviation-safety.net /investigation/cvr/transcripts/cvr_aa4184.php (899 words)

	A Heartland Perspective: Bad Economics Kills 68 on Flight 4184 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		On October 31, 1994, in a muddy northern Indiana soybean field, American Eagle Flight 4184 from Indianapolis to Chicago went down, killing all 68 passengers.
		After all, if the flight had been up and down with no delays that may have permitted icing or other possible crash causes, maybe the disaster would have been averted.
		Flight 4184 was waiting in line because there were more buyers for highly desirable late afternoon weekday landing slots than available slots, because the slots had been priced too low.
	www.heartland.org /archives/perspectives/mcclure.htm (549 words)

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	American Eagle Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In October American Eagle Flight 4184, an ATR-72 aircraft crashed during a snowstorm near Roselawn, Indiana, killing all 68 people aboard.
		American Eagle has since phased out service using ATR aircraft in cold-weather areas, replacing the aircraft with regional jets.
		American Eagle operates from hubs in Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago-O'Hare, Miami, Los Angeles, New York LaGuardia, Boston-Logan, Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (Executive Air) and San Jose.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Eagle_Airlines (714 words)

	News Briefs, part 1
		The pilots of American Eagle Flight 4184 gave no indication of trouble before their plane crashed into an Indiana field Oct. 31, but other aircraft in the area reported icing conditions, according to a transcript of radio communications released Monday.
		The transcript of radio communications between the pilots and FAA air traffic controllers shows that, with weather closing in at Chicago O'Hare, Flight 4184's destination, the pilots were placed in a holding pattern about 4:24 p.m.
		Flight 4184 was first told to expect release from the holding pattern about 4:45 p.m., but that estimate was extended several times.
	www-tech.mit.edu /Issue/V114/N67/briefs.67w.html (681 words)

	Amazon.com: "American Eagle Flight": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Union: The AFA (Association of Flight Attendants) is the representative of American Eagle flight attendants.
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	www.amazon.com /phrase/American-Eagle-Flight (601 words)

	Crash Investigations
		The directive ordered aircraft owners to post a notice in their flight manuals which warned: "Flight in freezing rain, freezing drizzle, or mixed icing conditions may result in ice build-up on protected surfaces exceeding the capability of the ice protection system, or may result in ice forming aft of the protected surfaces.
		In 1994, an American Eagle ATR-72 that had been in a holding pattern in icy weather for nearly 40 minutes suddenly rolled and crashed near Roselawn, Indiana, killing 68 people.
		The Comair flight, however, had not been in a holding pattern, and the NTSB's Hammerschmidt noted the plane was equipped with three de-icing systems.
	www.eetronics.com /crash_investigations.htm (1759 words)

	Air Safety Online - American Airlines
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		31 October 1994; American Eagle (Simmons Airlines) ATR 72; Near Roselawn, IN: The aircraft inverted, dived, and crashed from holding pattern at 10,000 feet (3050 m) due to icing.
	www.airguideonline.com /airsafety_fatalAA.htm (739 words)

	Morry Stein
		Morry died in the crash of American Eagle flight 4184 on October 31, 1994, in Roselawn, Indiana.
		His goal was to give every American child, no matter what his or her economic status, the gift of summer camp.
		Morry’s life was taken on his return flight home on October 31, 1994, before he could fulfill his dream, and the dream of so many youngsters.
	www.morryscamp.org /morry.htm (332 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Jet that crashed, killing 49, used wrong runway
		The tail of Comair Flight 5191 was visible among trees, lower left, after the commuter jet crashed during takeoff early Sunday, killing 49.
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		The three-member flight crew aboard the Comair plane that crashed at Lexington was experienced and had been flying that jet for some time, said Comair President Don Bornhorst.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2003230939_crash28.html (1293 words)

	Aviation Accident Reports
		American Eagle Flight 4184 Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) Model 72-212, N401AM Roselawn, Indiana October 31, 1994 Volume II: Response of Bureau Enquetes NTSB Report Number - AAR-96-01, Adopted on 07/09/1996.
		American Eagle Flight 4184 Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) Model 72-212, N401AM Roselawn, Indiana October 31, 1994 Volume 1: Safety Board Report NTSB Report Number - AAR-95-07, Adopted on 10/24/1995.
		Title: NW Airlines, Inc., Flights 1482 and 299 Runway Incursion and Collision Detroit Metropolitan/Wayne County Airport Romulus, Michigan, December 3, 1990.
	as.wm.edu /Faculty/Hinders/NTSB-AAR.html (10104 words)

	Comair EMB-120, Unheeded Warning, ATR-72 Icing, airline icing accidents, FAA, AMR 4184, Loss of control accidents, ...
		The existing regulations, in respect to design certification of an airliner, were not adequate when it came to the ability of the plane to operate in light to moderate icing conditions.
		The flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder have been examined at the Safety Board’s laboratory.
		Since the crew reported trouble with the flight attitude instruments, the roll angles recorded on the FDR are being further investigated.
	www.airlinesafety.com /letters/atr.htm (2105 words)

	Philip H. Corboy \| Corboy & Demetrio
		He was lead plaintiffs' counsel in the 1989 crash of a United Airlines jet in Sioux City, Iowa, and the 1994 crash of a USAir jet outside Pittsburgh, Pa. He also represented plaintiffs in the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 and the American Airlines crash near Cali, Columbia, in 1995.
		He represented plaintiffs in the recent tragedies of American Eagle Flight 4184 and the American Eagle Flight 3379 as well.
		He is a former president of the Chicago Bar Association, former president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, former chairman of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association and former chair of the American Bar Association's Special Committee on Medical Professional Liability of which he is still a member.
	www.corboydemetrio.com /practice/attorneys/corboy.cfm (493 words)

	Amazon.com: Unheeded Warning: The Inside Story of American Eagle Flight 4184: Books: Stephen A. Fredrick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		I remembered the general story of this flight when it happened and had no recollection of the way this disaster was handled by American Airlines.
		Fredrick used to work, and someone that knew three of the crewmembers in the crash of 4184, I find it revolting that he used this disaster to make a name for himself.
		Fredrick was so wary of the ATR aircraft, why did he continue to fly the airplane at American Eagle even after the 4184 crash.
	www.amazon.com /Unheeded-Warning-Inside-American-Flight/dp/0070219516 (1301 words)

	Event Details
		Volume I of this report explains the crash of American Eagle flight 4184, an ATR 72 airplane during a rapid descent after an uncommanded roll excursion.
		The BEA strongly disagrees with substantial portions of the Factual, and with the Analysis, Conclusions, and Probable Cause sections of the report.
		In-Flight Icing Encounter And Uncontrolled Collision With Terrain, Comair Flight 3272, Embraer EMB-120RT, N265CA, Monroe, Michigan January 9, 1997
	www.fss.aero /accident-reports/look.php?report_key=4 (492 words)

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