Incidents and Accidents
The incidents and crashes listed below include only those of US Airways and US Air (and not predecessor or merger airlines such as Allegheny, Piedmont, PSA or America West; or partnering regional commuter airlines operating US Airways flights under the brand US Airways Express).
Flight | Date | Aircraft | Location | Description | Injuries | |||
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Fatal | Serious | Minor | Uninjured | |||||
499 | February 21, 1986 | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 | Erie, Pennsylvania | Overran snow covered runway | 1 | 22 | ||
5050 | September 20, 1989 | Boeing 737-400 | Flushing, New York | Deflection of rudder during takeoff | 2 | 3 | 18 | 40 |
1493 | February 1, 1991 | Boeing 737-300 | Los Angeles, California | ATC controller separation error | 34 | 13 | 17 | 37 |
405 | March 22, 1992 | Fokker 28-4000 | Flushing, New York | Improper deicing procedures, pilot error | 27 | 9 | 12 | 3 |
1016 | July 2, 1994 | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Windshear during missed approach | 37 | 16 | 4 | |
427 | September 8, 1994 | Boeing 737-300 | Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Penn. | Uncommanded rudder deflection | 132 | |||
1172 | October 16, 2003 | Airbus A319-100 | Tampa, Florida | Brake steering control unit (BSCU) failed during taxi | 1 | 2 | 103 | |
1549 | January 15, 2009 | Airbus A320-200 | New York | Bird strike in engines, and dual engine failure (NTSB) | (approx. 77 people treated for hypothermia) | 155 |
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