aviation, a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT; usually /ˈsiːfɪt/ SEE-fit) is an accident in which an airworthy aircraft, fully under pilot control, is unintentionally...

were killed. The cause of the accident was controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) after the failure of the flight crew to stop the aircraft's descent below...

at preventing unintentional impacts with the ground, termed "controlled flight into terrain" accidents, or CFIT. The specific systems currently in use are...

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 was a controlled flight into terrain accident of a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 during approach to Charlotte Douglas International...

(EGPWS), a modern type of TAWS. In the late 1960s, a series of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents took the lives of hundreds of people. A CFIT...

official investigation concluded that the crash was caused by controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error. The plane's fuselage came to rest in the...

issued an investigation update classifying the accident as a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). It stated that the go-around manoeuvre was initiated...

accident, as well as a number of others that also involved controlled flight into terrain, the Federal Aviation Administration determined that a ground...

Bureau (AAIB). The AAIB would conclude that the accident was a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) caused by a series of pilot errors and navigation mistakes...

Andes". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 6, 2009. "Controlled Flight Into Terrain, American Airlines Flight 965, Boeing 757–223, N651AA, Near Cali, Colombia...

"berated" him.: 32–33  The report concluded that the crash was a controlled flight into terrain accident, in which aircrew failed to display sufficient judgment...

result of controlled flight into terrain, that is, an airworthy aircraft under the control of the flight crew was flown unintentionally into terrain with limited...

was flying, took the aircraft into an area of high terrain and thereby failed to maintain a safe height above the terrain. A British addendum to the report...

Emirates. Afghanistan portal Aviation portal Controlled Flight into terrain (CFIT) Pamir Airways Flight 112 where the aircraft was lost in very poor weather...

Aviation safety Controlled flight into terrain List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft China General Aviation Flight 7552 Another aviation...

because of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), an accident in which an airworthy aircraft, under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground...

1974, it crashed into rough mountainous terrain while preparing for a runway 09 approach to Denpasar after a 4-hour 20-minute flight from Hong Kong. All...

Commuter Crew During Unstabilized Approach Results in Controlled-flight-into-terrain Accident" (PDF). Flight Safety Foundation. September 1994. Retrieved July...

crew misinterpreting the instructions given. This particular controlled-flight-into-terrain accident, however, ultimately resulted from a crew failure to...

The investigation found that the cause of the accident was controlled flight into terrain due to inadequate navigation by the pilot whilst operating under...

and crashed into the south slope. Although the pilots of Flight 268 reported their aircraft's altitude accurately to air traffic control, controllers...

of the accident was determined to be pilot error leading to controlled flight into terrain. 68 of the 116 passengers and crew on board were killed. The...

L-1011-1 TriStar crashed into the Florida Everglades, causing 101 total fatalities. All three cockpit crew members, two of the 10 flight attendants, and 96...

that Flight 3 proceeded from its departure at Las Vegas along essentially a straight line, 10° right of the designated airway, into high terrain that...

of New Zealand. "Report 95-011, De Havilland DHC-8 ZK-NEY, controlled flight into terrain, near Palmerston North, 9 June 1995" (PDF). Transport Accident...

view of the flight's heading, the controller thought the plane was continuing left, when it was actually turning right and over high terrain. During this...

American Airlines Flight 1572 was a flight from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bradley International Airport on November 12, 1995. The McDonnell...

probable cause of the accident was Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT), which occurs when the pilot is in full control of the aircraft but due to faulty...

"Dubrovnik-bound Flight Crew's Improperly Flown Nonprecision Instrument Approach Results in Controlled-flight-into-terrain Accident" (PDF). Flight Safety Digest...

Occurrence Number 13/1524 - Beechcraft Baron G58 - N254F - Departure From Controlled Flight- 31 Km South-West Of Raglan - Tasman Sea - 30 March 2013 (PDF) (Report)...