Date: 08 January 2003
Airline: Air Midwest Airlines
Flight No.: 5481
Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900D
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Fatalities: 21:21
The aircraft departed runway 18R at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport for a scheduled commuter flight to Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft suddenly veered left and crashed into a US Airways maintenance hanger approximately 1500-2000 feet from the runway 18R centerline.
