What the records say
- When
- 3 Mar 1991
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 38.74° N, 104.71° W
- Description
- 1991 aviation accident in Colorado, USA
- Deaths
- 5
- Injured
- 0
United Airlines Flight 585
1991 aviation accident in Colorado
United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled passenger flight on March 3, 1991, from Denver to Colorado Springs, Colorado, carrying 20 passengers and 5 crew members. The Boeing 737-200 experienced a rudder hardover while on final approach to runway 35 at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, causing the plane to roll over and enter an uncontrolled dive. All on board died on impact.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “United Airlines Flight 585 crashes in Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing all 25 people on board”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Авиакатастрофа в аэропорту Колорадо-Спрингс (США)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ユナイテッド航空585便墜落事故”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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