Airplane Crash - Detroit, Michigan 01/11/1983
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Detroit, Michigan
| Date | 01/11/1983 |
| Time | 02:50 |
| Location | Detroit, Michigan |
| Operator | United Air Lines |
| Flight # | 2885 |
| Route | Detroit - Los Angeles |
| Type | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-54F37 |
| Registration | N8053U |
| Cn/In | 46010/406 |
| Aboard | 3 |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | After taking off the cargo plane rolled to the right with wings vertical to the ground until it crashed into a field. The flight crew's failure to follow procedural checklist requirements and to detect and correct a mistrimmed stabilizer before the aircraft became uncontrollable. Contributing to the accident was the captain allowing the second officer, who was not qualified to act as a pilot, to occupy the seat of the first officer and to conduct the take-off. |
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