Boeing 737-222 N62AF

Summary

On 13 January 1982 at about 21:01 local time, a Boeing 737-222 registered N62AF, operated by Air Florida, Inc, was involved in an accident near Washington, District of Columbia, United States. 87 people were on board and 74 died, 5 were seriously injured. 4 people on the ground also died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 January 1982 at 21:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Nearest airport

Washington National

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737-222

Registration

N62AF

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Air Florida, Inc

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Washington → Ft. Lauderdale

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA82AA011

74 people died, including 4 on the ground.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Safety Board's full report on this investigation is provided as Aviation Accident Report number AAR-82/08. To obtain a copy of this report, or to view the executive summary online, please see the Web site at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm SCHED FLT FROM WASHINGTON, DC TO FT LAUDERDALE, FL. THE RWY WAS CLSD OVR 1 HR DRG MOD TO HVY SNWFALL FOR SNW RMVL, THUS DELAYING DEPARTURES. THE ACFT WAS DEICED WITH A HEATED ETHYLENE GLYCOL & WTR SOLUTION WITHOUT ENG INLET PLUGS OR PITOT STATIC CVRS INSTLD. CONTRARY TO PROCEDURES, REVERSE THRUST WAS USED TO HELP A TUG DRG PUSHBACK FROM THE GATE & BLEW SNW.AFT PUSHBACK, THE FLT WAS DELAYED 49 MIN WHILE SNW CONTD IN SUBFRZG CONDS. WHILE WAITING, THE ACFT WAS PSND NEAR THE EXHAUST OF THE ACFT AHEAD. DRG TKOF, THE EPR'S WERE SET FOR 2.04, BUT AN ANOMALY WAS NOTED IN ENG INST READING. THE CAPTELECTED TO CONT TKOF. THE ACFT TKOF APRX 2000 FT & 15 SEC PAST THE NORMAL TKOF PT. AFT LEFT-OFF, IT INITIALLY CLIMBED, BUT FAILED TO ACLT. THE STALL WARNING STICKSHAKER ACTIVATED SHRTLY AFT TKOF & CONTD TIL THE ACFT SETTLED, HIT A BRIDGE &SVRL VEHECLES, THEN PLUNGED INTO A FRZN RVR. INVESTIGATION RRVEALED ENG INLET PRES PROBES BCM BLKD WITH ICE, RESULTED INHI EPR INDCN, PSBL PITCHUP W SNW/ICE FRZ ON WNGS, NO RWY DSTC MRKRS WERE AVAILABLE, CREW HAD LMTD CLD WX OPNL EXPERIENCE

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.