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Us Airways/US Air
Us Airways/US Air
January 8th, 2003 - Charlotte, North Carolina
21 fatalities
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety
Board believe the plane had a faulty tail assembly.
The tail assembly, which regulates the plane's lift,
has just been adjusted before the flight. From the data
it appears that these parts of the plane was not moving
properly during the 37 seconds the plane was in the
air. Additionally, the plane may have been at or near
its maximum weight. Witnesses said plane ''looked heavy"
to investigators who interviewed pilots, mechanics,
gate agents, and baggage workers. Baggage handlers believed
the plane had too many bags in the tail. Apparently,
however, after discussion it was decided by the captain
that the plane was capable of handling the extra weight.
Legal experts estimate the damages from this crash
in the tens of millions of dollars. In addition to US
Airways, the regional carrier Air Midwest that actually
operated Flight 5481 will also bear responsibility.
According the Insurance Information Institute's web
site there may be as much as $85 million in damages
from this crash.
September 8th, 1994 - Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
132 fatalities
On a flight from Chicago to Pittsburgh, while on approach,
the aircraft went into a sudden nose dive and crashed
into a wooded ravine 6 miles northwest of the airport.
The accident was caused by a loss of control of the
aircraft resulting from the movement of the rudder surface
to its blowdown limit or an uncommanded rudder reversal.
The rudder surface deflected in a direction opposite
to that commanded by the pilots as a result of a jam
of the main rudder PCU servo valve secondary slide to
the servo valve housing offset from its neutral position
and overtravel of the primary slide.
July 2nd, 1994 - Charlotte, North Carolina
37 fatalities
The aircraft crashed into trees and a private residence
after a missed approach during adverse weather conditions.
Cause of crash was microburst induced windshear, crew's
inability to recognize windshear and microburst conditions.
The flightcrew's decision to continue an approach into
severe convective activity that was conducive to a microburst.
The flightcrew's failure to recognize a windshear situation
in a timely manner, establish and maintain the proper
airplane attitude and thrust setting necessary to escape
the windshear and lack of real-time adverse weather
and windshear hazard information dissemination from
air traffic control.
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