Aircraft Accident Report: Controlled Flight Into Terrain, Korean Air Flight 801, Boeing 747-300, HL7468, Nimitz Hill, Guam, August 6, 1997

2000PDFTech ReportNTSB/AAR-00/01Crash investigationAir transportation crashesApproachFlight crewsHuman factorsWarning systemsAccident investigationsAircraft accidentsApproachControlled flight into terrainEmergency preparednessFlight crewsHuman factorsKorea Air Flight 801Nimitz Hill(Guam)Pilot trainingRecommendationsTrainingWarning systemsUnited StatesGuamUnited States. National Transportation Safety BoardUnited States. National Transportation Safety BoardUS Transportation CollectionThis report explains the accident involving Korean Air flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, which crashed into high terrain at Nimitz Hill, Guam, on August 6, 1997. Safety issues in the report focus on flight crew performance, approach procedures, and pilot training; air traffic control, including controller performance and the inhibition of the minimum safe altitude warning system at Guam; emergency response; the adequacy of Korean Civil Aviation Bureau and Federal Aviation Administration oversight; and flight data recorder documentation. Safety recommendations concerning these issues are addressed to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Governor of the Territory of Guam, and the Korean Civil Aviation Bureau.78