19940908026819A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Boeing 737-3B7 · Pittsburgh, PA · September 8, 1994

Date
September 8, 1994 · 19:03 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N513AU
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA94MA076
Reported as
Boeing 7373B7
Reported engine
CFMINT CFM563B2
People aboard
132
Fatal injuries
132
Pilot’s flight hours
12,381 total12,000 in this make and model

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Rolled over on approach. Near vertical impact. Suspect hard over rudder condition but could not be verified.

As the FAA filed it

ROLLED OVER ON APPROACH. NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT. SUSPECT HARD OVER RUDDER CONDITION BUT COULD NOT BE VERIFIED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.