Air Midwest Flight 5481, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 34 relations: Air Midwest, Beechcraft 1900, Center of gravity of an aircraft, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, Checked baggage, Colgan Air Flight 9446, Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel), Elevator (aeronautics), Federal Aviation Administration, Fine Air Flight 101, Flight Safety Foundation, Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport, Greer, South Carolina, Height above ground level, Huntington, West Virginia, JS Air Flight 201, Maximum takeoff weight, Mayday (Canadian TV series), Mesa Airlines, National Airlines Flight 102, National Geographic (American TV channel), National Transportation Safety Board, Ryan Air Services, Stall (fluid dynamics), Tension (physics), Tri-State Airport, Turnbuckle, United States, US Airways, US Airways Express, UTA Flight 141, UTC−05:00, Yoke (aeronautics).

2. 2003 in North Carolina
3. Accidents and incidents involving the Beechcraft 1900
4. Air Midwest accidents and incidents
5. Airliner accidents and incidents caused by maintenance errors
6. Airliner accidents and incidents caused by stalls
7. Airliner accidents and incidents in North Carolina
8. Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 2003
9. Charlotte Douglas International Airport
10. Disasters in North Carolina
11. January 2003 events in the United States

Air Midwest

Air Midwest, Inc., was a Federal Aviation Administration Part 121 certificated air carrier that operated under air carrier certificate number AMWA510A issued on May 15, 1965.

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Beechcraft 1900

The Beechcraft 1900 is a twin-engine turboprop regional airliner manufactured by Beechcraft.

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Center of gravity of an aircraft

The center of gravity (CG) of an aircraft is the point over which the aircraft would balance.

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Charlotte Douglas International Airport

Charlotte Douglas International Airport is an international airport serving Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, located roughly west of the city's central business district.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.

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Checked baggage

Checked baggage is luggage delivered to an airline or train for transportation in the hold of an aircraft, storage on a coach bus or baggage car of a passenger train.

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Colgan Air Flight 9446

Colgan Air Flight 9446 was a repositioning flight operated by Colgan Air for US Airways Express. Air Midwest Flight 5481 and Colgan Air Flight 9446 are accidents and incidents involving the Beechcraft 1900, airliner accidents and incidents caused by maintenance errors and aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 2003.

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Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel)

Discovery Channel (often referred to as simply Discovery) is a Canadian discretionary specialty television channel owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc. (a joint venture between Bell Media & ESPN Inc. that owns 80%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (which owns the remaining 20%). Launched on January 1, 1995 by NetStar Communications, this channel is devoted to nature, adventure, science and technology programming.

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Elevator (aeronautics)

Elevators are flight control surfaces, usually at the rear of an aircraft, which control the aircraft's pitch, and therefore the angle of attack and the lift of the wing.

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Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.

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Fine Air Flight 101

Fine Air Flight 101 was a scheduled cargo flight from Miami International Airport to Las Américas International Airport, operated by McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61F N27UA, that crashed after take-off on August 7, 1997, at Miami International Airport. Air Midwest Flight 5481 and Fine Air Flight 101 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by stalls.

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Flight Safety Foundation

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit, international organization concerning research, education, advocacy, and communications in the field of aviation safety.

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Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport

Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport (Roger Milliken Field) is near Greer, South Carolina, United States, midway between Greenville and Spartanburg, the major cities of the Upstate region of South Carolina.

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Greer, South Carolina

Greer is a city in the Greenville and Spartanburg counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Height above ground level

In aviation, atmospheric sciences and broadcasting, a height above ground level (AGL or HAGL) is a height measured with respect to the underlying ground surface.

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Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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JS Air Flight 201

On 5 November 2010, JS Air Flight 201, a Beechcraft 1900 passenger aircraft on a charter service from Karachi to the Bhit Shah gas field in Sindh, Pakistan, crashed near Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, after suffering an engine malfunction at take-off. Air Midwest Flight 5481 and JS Air Flight 201 are accidents and incidents involving the Beechcraft 1900.

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Maximum takeoff weight

The maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) or maximum gross takeoff weight (MGTOW) or maximum takeoff mass (MTOM) of an aircraft is the maximum weight at which the pilot is allowed to attempt to take off, due to structural or other limits.

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Mayday (Canadian TV series)

Mayday is a Canadian documentary television program examining air crashes, near-crashes, hijackings, bombings, and other disasters.

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Mesa Airlines

Mesa Airlines, Inc., is an American regional airline based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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National Airlines Flight 102

National Airlines Flight 102 (N8102/NCR102) was a cargo flight operated by National Airlines between Camp Shorabak (formerly Camp Bastion) in Afghanistan and Al Maktoum Airport in Dubai, with a refueling stop at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Air Midwest Flight 5481 and National Airlines Flight 102 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by stalls.

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National Geographic (American TV channel)

National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Entertainment and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%), with the operational management handled by Disney Entertainment.

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National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.

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Ryan Air Services

Ryan Air, Inc. is an American airline that serves over 70 villages in Bush Alaska out of hubs in Anchorage, Aniak, Bethel, Emmonak, Kotzebue, Nome, St. Mary's, and Unalakleet.

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Stall (fluid dynamics)

In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack increases.

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Tension (physics)

Tension is the pulling or stretching force transmitted axially along an object such as a string, rope, chain, rod, truss member, or other object, so as to stretch or pull apart the object.

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Tri-State Airport

Tri-State Airport (Milton J. Ferguson Field) is a public airport in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, three miles south of Huntington, West Virginia, near Ceredo and Kenova.

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Turnbuckle

A turnbuckle, stretching screw or bottlescrew is a device for adjusting the tension or length of ropes, cables, tie rods, and other tensioning systems.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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US Airways

US Airways was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1937 until it merged with American Airlines in 2015.

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US Airways Express

US Airways Express was the brand name for the regional affiliate of US Airways, under which a number of individually owned commuter air carriers and regional airlines operate short and medium haul routes.

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UTA Flight 141

UTA Flight 141 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Guinean regional airline Union des Transports Africains de Guinée, flying from Conakry to Dubai with stopovers in Benin, Libya and Lebanon.

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UTC−05:00

UTC−05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −05:00.

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Yoke (aeronautics)

A yoke, alternatively known as a control wheel or a control column, is a device used for piloting some fixed-wing aircraft.

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See also

2003 in North Carolina

• Air Midwest Flight 5481
• Effects of Hurricane Isabel in North Carolina
• North Carolina General Assembly of 2003–04
• West Pharmaceutical Services explosion

Accidents and incidents involving the Beechcraft 1900

• 1995 Air St. Martin Beech 1900 crash
• 1996 Quincy Airport disaster
• Aerolift Philippines Flight 075
• Air Midwest Flight 5481
• Alaska Central Express Flight 51
• Buddha Air Flight 103
• Colgan Air Flight 9446
• CommutAir Flight 4821
• JS Air Flight 201
• Proteus Airlines Flight 706

Air Midwest accidents and incidents

• Air Midwest Flight 5481

Airliner accidents and incidents caused by maintenance errors

• 1949 Strato-Freight Curtiss C-46A crash
• 1977 Aviateca Convair 240 crash
• Aeroperú Flight 603
• Air Astana Flight 1388
• Air Midwest Flight 5481
• Air Moorea Flight 1121
• Air Transat Flight 236
• Alaska Airlines Flight 261
• American Airlines Flight 1 (1962)
• American Airlines Flight 191
• Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529
• British Airways Flight 5390
• British European Airways Flight 706
• Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101
• China Airlines Flight 358
• China Airlines Flight 611
• China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303
• China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146
• China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509
• Colgan Air Flight 9446
• Continental Express Flight 2574
• Dynamic Airways Flight 405
• Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103
• Japan Air Lines Flight 123
• LANSA Flight 502
• Lion Air Flight 610
• MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750
• Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940
• Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
• Northwest Airlines Flight 5 (1990)
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706
• Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661
• Partnair Flight 394
• PenAir Flight 3296
• Provincetown-Boston Airlines Flight 1039
• TWA Flight 843
• Tuninter Flight 1153

Airliner accidents and incidents caused by stalls

• 1928 KLM Fokker F.III Waalhaven crash
• 1963 BAC One-Eleven test crash
• 1966 Felthorpe Trident crash
• 2012 Philippines Piper Seneca crash
• Aeroflot Flight 5143
• Aeroflot Flight 593
• Air France Flight 447
• Air Midwest Flight 5481
• Airborne Express Flight 827
• Asiana Airlines Flight 214
• Birgenair Flight 301
• British European Airways Flight 548
• China Airlines Flight 140
• China Airlines Flight 676
• Colgan Air Flight 3407
• Comair Flight 3272
• Delta Air Lines Flight 705
• Fine Air Flight 101
• Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
• Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704
• Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045
• Malév Flight 355
• National Airlines Flight 102
• Northwest Airlines Flight 255
• Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612
• Spanair Flight 5022
• Thai Airways International Flight 261
• Turkish Airlines Flight 1951
• West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
• XL Airways Germany Flight 888T
• Yeti Airlines Flight 691

Airliner accidents and incidents in North Carolina

• Air Midwest Flight 5481
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 212
• Flagship Airlines Flight 3379
• National Airlines Flight 2511
• Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
• USAir Flight 1016

Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 2003

• Air Midwest Flight 5481
• Colgan Air Flight 9446
• FedEx Express Flight 647
• Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

• Air Midwest Flight 5481
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 212
• USAir Flight 1016

Disasters in North Carolina

• 1738–1739 North Carolina smallpox epidemic
• 2009 ConAgra Foods plant explosion
• 2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill
• Air Midwest Flight 5481
• COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 212
• National Airlines Flight 2511
• Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
• Tornado outbreak of March 29–31, 2022
• USAir Flight 1016
• West Pharmaceutical Services explosion

January 2003 events in the United States

• 2003 State of the Union Address
• 2003 Sundance Film Festival
• 29th People's Choice Awards
• 60th Golden Globe Awards
• Air Midwest Flight 5481
• Royal Rumble (2003)
• Super Bowl XXXVII halftime show

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Midwest_Flight_5481

Also known as Air Midwest 5481, Christiana Grace Shepherd, Christiana Shepherd, Flight 5481, Katie Leslie, Keith Coyner, U.S. Airways Flight 5481, US Airways Express Flight 5481, USAir Express Flight 5481.