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Plane Pitches Up Uncontrollably / Air Midwest Flight 5481 Stalls After Takeoff

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Black Box Down

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

A Beechcraft 1900D becomes uncontrolable immediately after takeoff. Air Midwest Flight 5481 starts pitching up uncontrollably after taking off. The pilots do their best to force the nose down but are unable to regain control of the aircraft. What made this plane become uncontrollabe? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by FightCamp (http://joinfightcamp.com/blackboxdown) HelloFresh (http://hellofresh.com/blackboxdown14 and use code blackboxdown14) and Public Rec (http://publicrec.com and use code BLACKBOXDOWN) Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Black Box Down Crash Simulator: https://roosterteeth.com/watch/black-box-down-1 Tales From The Stinky Dragon: https://link.chtbl.com/stinkydragon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.8

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1:07.5

January 8, 2003. Air Midwest Flight 5481, a beach craft 1900D

1:14.3

with 21 people on board is preparing to take off from Charlotte, North Carolina for a quick flight

1:18.8

to Greer, South Carolina. The plane takes off at 8.46am, and immediately after becoming airborne,

1:24.3

the plane's nose begins to pitch up rapidly. Just 90 feet off the ground, the nose is pitched up

1:29.6

to 20 degrees. Both pilots are trying to push the nose down, but the plane continues pitching up.

1:34.7

Eventually the pitch reaches 54 degrees. The stall warning sounds, and at an altitude of

1:39.1

1150 feet, the plane stalls and crashes back into the ground, hitting a maintenance

1:44.0

hangar at the airport. The plane was in the air for approximately 35 seconds. What happened to

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