Chicago – Pittsburgh

On September 8, 1994 at 07:03 PM, Chicago – Pittsburgh experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-300, operated by USAir - US Airways, with the event recorded near Aliquippa Pennsylvania.

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

132 people were known to be on board, 132 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 127, passenger fatalities: 127, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft crashed while maneuvering to land at Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Flight 427 was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, to Pittsburgh. The flight departed about 1810, with 2 pilots, 3 flight attendants, and 127 passengers on board. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and impacted terrain near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, about 6 miles northwest of the destination airport. All 132 people on board were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and fire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan.

Aircraft reference details include registration N513AU, MSN 23699, year of manufacture 1987.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.6102°, -80.2677°.