Originally Posted by
peekay4
FWIW, I re-read the NTSB final report once again and I think it's fair to say the board believes that having only one controller that morning -- against FAA guidance -- was an additional factor in the accident:
How many checks and balances? Or, hindsight is always 20/20.
The only realistic contributing factor at LEX was the messed up taxiway configuration. (Long since resolved.)
The crew caused this crashed by:
1. Not checking their EHSI magnetic heading against the runway heading for reasonableness.
2. Taking off on an unlighted runway without so much as a question.
3. Far too much extraneous conversation during taxi out.
Also, pre flight of the wrong airplane.