United Airlines Flight 585 · Colorado Springs Airport
On March 3, 1991, United Airlines Flight 585 (Colorado Springs Airport). 25 people died.
- Date
- March 3, 1991
- Place
- Colorado Springs Airport
- Operator
- United Airlines
- Killed
- 25
- Position
- 38.736°N, 104.712°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q462847
From Wikipedia
United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled passenger flight on March 3, 1991, from Denver to Colorado Springs, Colorado, carrying 20 passengers and 5 crew members. The Boeing 737-200 experienced a rudder hardover while on final approach to runway 35 at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, causing the plane to roll over and enter an uncontrolled dive. All on board died on impact.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was initially unable to resolve the cause of the crash, but after similar accidents and incidents involving Boeing 737 aircraft, including the fatal crash of USAir Flight 427, the crash was determined to be caused by a defect in the design of the 737's rudder power control unit which caused the rudder to work in the opposite direction.
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