| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 11, 1983 |
| Time: | 0250 |
| Location: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Operator: | United Air Lines |
| Flight #: | 2885 |
| Route: | Detroit - Los Angeles |
| AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-54F37 |
| Registration: | N8053U |
| cn / ln: | 46010/406 |
| Aboard: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:0 crew: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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