Air Midwest Flight 5481
Side view of the main wreckage of the aircraft. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 8, 2003 |
| Summary | Stall due to maintenance error, overloading |
| Site | Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States 35°12′25″N 80°56′46.85″W / 35.20694°N 80.9463472°W |
| Aircraft | |
| An Air Midwest Beechcraft 1900D operating for USAir Express, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident. | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft 1900D |
| Operator | Air Midwest d/b/a US Airways Express |
| IATA flight No. | ZV5481 |
| ICAO flight No. | AMW5481 |
| Call sign | AIR MIDWEST 5481 |
| Registration | N233YV |
| Flight origin | Charlotte Douglas International Airport |
| Destination | Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport |
| Occupants | 21 |
| Passengers | 19 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 21 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground injuries | 1 |
Air Midwest Flight 5481 was a Beechcraft 1900D on a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport in Greer, South Carolina. On the morning of January 8, 2003, the Beechcraft stalled while departing Charlotte Douglas International Airport and crashed into an aircraft hangar, killing all 21 passengers and crew aboard and injuring one person on the ground.