- Date
- January 13, 1982, 16:01 local (21:01 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, DC
- Injuries
- 78 fatal, 6 serious, 3 minor; on the ground: 4 fatal, 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N62AFBoeing 737-222
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19820113069129A
- Case key
- 69192
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Analysis
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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
Factual narrative
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N62AF
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-222
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19556
- Airframe hours
- 23,608
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9A, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Air Florida, Inc
- Registered owner
- Air Florida, Inc
- Departed
- Washington, DC
- Destination
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Washington National, runway 36, 6,869 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,300 total · 1,852 in this make and model · 221 in the last 90 days · 64 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 0 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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