Boeing 737-400 crash, Sep 20, 1989 (2 killed), New York-L...
Boeing 737-400 accident on September 20, 1989 near New York-LaGuardia, New York, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Pilot error during a rejected...
- Date: September 20, 1989
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-400
- Location: New York-LaGuardia, New York, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilot error during a rejected takeoff, which led to a runway excursion into Bowery Bay. One board member dissented, citing an inadequately experienced flight crew as a contributing factor.
USAir Flight 5050, an unscheduled Boeing 737-400 flight from LaGuardia to Charlotte, drifted left during takeoff. After a rejected takeoff it could not stop before the end of runway 31 and plunged into Bowery Bay. Two people were killed and 21 were injured.