| WHERE: | Potomac River, Washington (USA) |
| WHEN: | January 13 1982 4:01pm |
| DETAILS: | Air Florida Flight 90 to Fort Lauderdale departed 1h 45min late due to heavy snowfall. After take-off from Rumway 36, the aircraft climbed to 200-300ft and started to descend again. The Boeing stalled and struck the 14th Street bridge and 7 automobiles on it, tore away 41ft of the bridge wall and 97ft of railing before plunging 25-30ø nosedown into the frozen Potomac River. |
| PROBABLE CAUSE: | Failure to turn on engine anti-icing system. Failure to de-ice the plane a second time. Crew's inexperience in icing conditions. |
| AIRCRAFT: | B-737-222 |
| REGO: | N62AF |
| Occupants: | 5 crew + 74 passengers = 79 |
| Fatalities: | 4 crew + 70 passengers = 74 (+4 Ground) |
| Survivors: | 1 crew + 4 passengers = 5 |
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Real Audio 48K |
| CAPTAIN | Forward, forward. Easy. We only want five hundred |
| CAPTAIN | Come on, forward. |
| CAPTAIN | Forward. Just barely climb. |
| CAPTAIN | [Stalling] we're [falling]. |
| 1st OFFICER: | Larry, we're going down, Larry . . . |
| CAPTAIN: | I know it. |
| [Sound of initial impact] |
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