Newark - Presque Isle

On March 4, 2019 at 11:43 AM, Newark - Presque Isle experienced a crash involving Embraer ERJ-145, operated by United Express, with the event recorded near Presque Isle Maine.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

31 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 31 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 28, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Following an uneventful flight from Newark on flight UA4933 (CommutAir flight CS4933), the crew started the descent to runway 01 at Presque Isle Airport, Maine. At 1109LT, at an altitude of 2,000 feet, in a limited visibility due to snow falls and freezing rain, the captain decided to initiate a go-around. About 20 minutes later, the crew started a second approach to runway 01. After touchdown, the aircraft went out of control and veered off runway to the right. While contacting snow, both main landing gears collapsed. The left main gear was torn off and collided with the left engine before the airplane came to a stop. A crew member and three passengers were injured. At the time of the accident, the visibility was limited to a half a mile in snow falls and freezing rain. Also, it was reported that both the freezing rain sensor and the Runway Visual Range (RVR) system values were not available at the time of the accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration N14171, MSN 145-859, year of manufacture 2004.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.6812°, -68.0155°.