ABSTRACT

On July 2, 1994 at 1843 eastern daylight time, USAir flight 1016, a Douglas DC-931, crashed into a residential neighborhood shortly after executing a missed approach from the instrument landing system (ILS) approach to runway 18R at Charlotte/ Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina. There were 37 passenger fatalities, and the remaining 20 passengers and crewmembers were injured. The airplane was destroyed in the accident.