Washington DC - Columbus

On January 7, 1994 at 11:21 PM, Washington DC - Columbus experienced a crash involving Bae Jetstream 41, operated by United Express, with the event recorded near Columbus-John Glenn (Port Columbus) Ohio.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 62.5%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane stalled and crashed 1.2 nautical miles east of runway 28L during an ILS approach. The captain initiated the approach at high speed & crossed the FAF at a high speed without first having the airplane properly configured for a stabilized approach. The airspeed was not monitored nor maintained by the flightcrew. The airline had no specified callouts for airspeed deviations during instrument approaches. The captain failed to apply full power & configure the airplane in a timely manner. Both pilots had low flight time and experience in in the airplane and in any EFIS-equipped airplane. Additionally, the captain had low time and experience as a captain. Inadequate consideration was given to the possible consequences of pairing a newly upgraded captain, on a new airplane, with a first officer who had no airline experience in air carrier operations, nor do current FAA regulations address this issue.

Aircraft reference details include registration N304UE, MSN 41016, year of manufacture 1993.