Air Florida Flight 90 Boeing 737 Ice River Plane Crash

Air Florida Flight 90 On January 13, 1982, the Boeing 737-222 registered as N62AF, crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River just two miles from the White House.

Reasons

The flight crew's failure to use engine anti-ice during ground operation and takeoff, their decision to take off with snow/ice on the airfoil surfaces of the aircraft, and the captain’s failure to reject the takeoff during the early stage when his attention was called to anomalous engine instrument readings. Contributing to the accident were the prolonged ground delay between de-icing and the receipt of ATC takeoff clearance during which the airplane was exposed to continual precipitation, the known inherent pitch up characteristics of the B-737 aircraft when the leading edge is contaminated with even small amounts of snow or ice, and the limited experience of the flight crew in jet transport winter operations.

The hero

Lenny Skutnik saved a priscilla from drowning because she could not hold on to the rescue rope because she was in shock, he jumped into the water and helped her hold onto the rope.

Other accidents for maintenance errors

·1949 Strato-Freight Curtiss C-46A (Maintenance error using sparkplugs not approved for the engine type)

·Aeroperú Flight 603 (Maintenance error; instrument failure due to tape on the static ports)

·Air Midwest Flight 5481 (stall after takeoff due to maintenance error and overloading)

·American Airlines Flight 191 (Loss of control caused by engine detachment due to improper maintenance)

·Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 (Propeller blade failure due to corrosion, metal fatigue and improper maintenance)

·BEA Flight 706(Explosive decompression, leading to structural failure and loss of contro)

·MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750 ( metal fatigue caused by maintenace error)