Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529
Wreckage of the aircraft | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | August 21, 1995 |
| Summary | Propeller disintegration due to improper maintenance |
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| Aircraft | |
| An Atlantic Southeast Airlines Embraer 120RT Brasilia, similar to the one involved in the accident | |
| Aircraft type | Embraer 120RT Brasilia |
| Operator | Atlantic Southeast Airlines on behalf of Delta Connection |
| IATA flight No. | EV7529 / DL7529 |
| ICAO flight No. | ASE529 |
| Call sign | ACEY 529 |
| Registration | N256AS |
| Flight origin | Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport |
| Destination | Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport |
| Occupants | 29 |
| Passengers | 26 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 9 |
| Injuries | 20 |
| Survivors | 20 |
On August 21, 1995, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia flying from Atlanta, Georgia, to Gulfport, Mississippi, crashed in the community of Burwell between the cities of Bowdon, Georgia, and Carrollton, Georgia. Out of the 29 people on board, 9 were killed. The accident bore similarities to Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, which had occurred four years earlier, and resulted in the deaths of all 23 people on board. The inquiries of both crashes concluded that design flaws in the aircraft's propellers were to blame.