Douglas DC-9 crash, Jul 2, 1994 (37 killed), Charlotte-Do...
Douglas DC-9 accident on July 2, 1994 near Charlotte-Douglas, North Carolina, United States with 37 fatalities. Cause: The crew continued an approach...
- Date: July 2, 1994
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
- Location: Charlotte-Douglas, North Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 37
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew continued an approach into a thunderstorm conducive to a microburst and failed to recognise and escape the windshear. Contributing factors included ATC weather information gaps and inadequate airline procedures and windshear warning logic.
USAir Flight 1016 was a DC-9 approaching Charlotte in thunderstorm conditions when it encountered a microburst on the approach to runway 18R. The crew went around but the thrust was set below standard and the aircraft stalled in windshear and struck the ground. The NTSB found the crew continued the approach into conducive weather and did not recognize the windshear in time, with contributing ATC and airline procedural factors.