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|caption = Wreckage from N485US recovered from [[Flushing Bay]]
|date = March 22, 1992
|type = [[Runway excursion]] after icing
|site = [[Flushing Bay]]<br />near [[LaGuardia Airport]], [[Queens]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]]
|coordinates = {{coord|40|46|16|N|73|51|17|W|region:US-NY_type:event|display=inline,title}}
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== Flight history ==
[[File:15-10-90 N485US Pittsburgh.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|N485US, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1990 in a previous livery]]
The aircraft involved in the accident was a [[Fokker F28]] Series 4000 airplane manufactured in the [[Netherlands]]. A two-engined, medium-range jet, the Fokker F28 is designed for transporting up to 95 passengers. The jet involved in the accident was registered in the United States as N485US. It was first delivered to [[Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989)|Piedmont Airlines]] in August 1986, and was acquired by USAir ([[US Airways]]) three years later in August 1989 when Piedmont and USAir [[Mergers and acquisitions|merged]]. N485US had amassed a total of 12,462 flying hours at the time of the accident.<ref name="AAR-93-02 Final report" />{{rp|86}}
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===Crash===
Following permission for takeoff from [[air traffic control|controllers]], the flight crew initiated the takeoff procedure and the first officer made a callout of {{convert|80|kn|mph km/h}}, and several seconds later, a [[V1 speed#V1|V<sub>1</sub>]] callout, followed shortly after by a [[VR speed#VR|V<sub>R</sub>]] callout. Approximately 2.2 seconds after the V<sub>R</sub> callout, the [[landing gear|nose gear]] left the ground. The final report read, "the first officer described the takeoff as normal through the rotation. He stated that no problem was evident with vibration, rate of acceleration, ambient noise, [or] directional control".<ref name="AAR-93-02 Final report" />{{rp|4}} However, ''The New York Times'' reported that "several passengers sensed that [the airplane] was not going fast enough."<ref name="nytimes1992"/>
The first officer said it was "just like we lost lift."<ref name="AAR-93-02 Final report" />{{rp|6}} As the captain attempted to level the wings, the crew used right rudder to maneuver the aircraft back toward the ground and avoid the water below. The accident report found, "the first officer said that they seemed to agree that the airplane was not going to fly and that their control inputs were in unison."<ref name="AAR-93-02 Final report" />{{rp|6}} Rachuba and Majure continued to try to hold the nose up to impact in a flat attitude, although Rachuba later stated that they made no "heavy control inputs."<ref name="AAR-93-02 Final report" />{{rp|6}} The final report further noted, "first officer stated that he did not touch the power levers."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-23-mn-3133-story.html |title=Jet Crash Kills 20 in N.Y. Snowstorm : Disaster: The USAir commuter jet skids into Flushing Bay after trying to take off at La Guardia with 47 passengers, 4 crew members. Dozens are hurt. |author1=Malnic, Eric |author2=Goldman, John |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 23, 1992 |access-date=July 17, 2010 |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024220323/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-23/news/mn-3133_1_flushing-bay |url-status=live }}</ref> The first officer later told investigators that the flight crew's primary focus was to find a safe place to land.<ref name="nytimes1992"/>
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