Charlotte - Greenville

On January 8, 2003 at 08:49 AM, Charlotte - Greenville experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 1900D, operated by USAir Express - US Airways Express, with the event recorded near Charlotte-Douglas North Carolina.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

21 people were known to be on board, 21 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 19, passenger fatalities: 19, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On January 8, 2003, about 0847:28 eastern standard time, Air Midwest (doing business as US Airways Express) flight 5481, a Raytheon (Beechcraft) 1900D, N233YV, crashed shortly after takeoff from runway 18R at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina. The 2 flight crewmembers and 19 passengers aboard the airplane were killed, 1 person on the ground received minor injuries, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. Flight 5481 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, Greer, South Carolina, and was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration N233YV, MSN UE-233, year of manufacture 1996.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.2107°, -80.9457°.