Air Midwest Flight 5481

Send us Fan Mail A plane can be perfectly flyable and still be doomed by paperwork and a wrench turn. On Air Midwest Flight 5481, a Beechcraft 1900D lifts off from Charlotte Douglas and, within moments, pitches up so steeply the crew can’t muscle it back down. The stall warning blares, the aircraft rolls, and it crashes into a maintenance hangar, leaving no survivors. We break down what the NTSB uncovered and why this accident remains a defining case study in regional airline safety, w...