Air Crash Daily | USAir Flight 405 ATC Recording @AirCrashDaily | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
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𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟰𝟬𝟱 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Jacksonville to Cleveland with an intermediate stop in New York. The flight was being operated by a Fokker F-28 Fellowship (Reg. N485US) on 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟮, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟮.

The flight was cleared into the takeoff and hold position on LaGuardia's runway 13 at 21:33:50 and was cleared for takeoff at 21:34:51. The takeoff was initiated and the first officer made a callout of 80 knots. At 21:35:26, the first officer made a VR callout. Approximately 2.2 seconds later, the nose landing gear left the ground. Approximately 4.8 seconds later, the sound of stick shaker began. Six stall warnings sounded. The plane began rolling to the left. As the captain leveled the wings, they headed toward the blackness over the water.

The crew used right rudder to maneuver the plane back toward the ground and avoid the water. They continued to try to hold the nose up to impact in a flat attitude. The plane came to rest partially inverted at the edge of Flushing Bay, and parts of the fuselage and cockpit were submerged in water. After the plane came to rest, several small residual fires broke out on the water and on the wreckage debris.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲:
"The failure of the airline industry and the Federal Aviation Administration to provide flight crews with procedures, requirements,and criteria compatible with departure delays in conditions conducive to airframe icing and the decision by the flight crew to take off without positive assurance that the airplane's wings were free of ice accumulation after 35 minutes of exposure to precipitation following de-icing. The ice contamination on the wings resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control after lift-off. Contributing to the cause of the accident were the inappropriate procedures used by, and inadequate coordination between, the flight crew that led to a takeoff rotation at a lower than prescribed air speed."