Hopewell Township near Aliquippa in Beaver County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

USAir Flight 427 Memorial

Photographed by Craig Baker

1. USAir Flight 427 Memorial Marker

Inscription.
This site is dedicated in fond and loving memory to the 132 passengers and crew of USAir Flight 427 which crashed here at 7:03 PM on September 8, 1994.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is September 8, 1994.

Location. 40° 36.221′ N, 80° 18.523′ W. Marker is near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. It is in Hopewell Township. It can be reached from Pettita Lane north of Green Garden Road. Located on private property. Access only with prior permission from the landowner. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Aliquippa PA 15001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8

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other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Aliquippa (approx. 1.4 miles away); Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.4 miles away); Center Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Major John W. Macroglou U.S.M.C (approx. 2.3 miles away); Baker Cemetery (approx. 2.6 miles away); Ohio United Presbyterian Church (approx. 2.9 miles away); Tried Stone Baptist Church (approx. 3 miles away); B.F. Jones Memorial Library (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Aliquippa.

Regarding USAir Flight 427 Memorial. USAir Flight 427 was a scheduled flight from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport, with a stopover at Pittsburgh International Airport. On Thursday, September 8, 1994, the Boeing 737 crashed in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania while approaching Runway 28R at Pittsburgh. After the longest investigation in the history of the National Transportation Safety Board, it was determined that the probable cause was that the aircraft's rudder malfunctioned and went hard over in a direction opposite to that commanded by the pilots,

USAir Flight 427 Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, 2017

2. USAir Flight 427 Memorial

causing the plane to enter an aerodynamic stall from which the pilots were unable to recover. All 132 people on board were killed.
Investigators discovered that the rudder servo valve, which remains dormant and cold for much of the flight at high altitude, seized after being injected with hot hydraulic fluid that had been in continuous action throughout the plane. Boeing agreed to redesign the rudder control system with a redundant backup and paid to retrofit the entire worldwide 737 fleet.
- from Wikipedia

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. - Another Boeing 737 crash occurred under very similar circumstances when United Flight 585 crashed while attempting to land in Colorado Springs in 1991.

Memorial in Sewickley Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, 2017

3. Memorial in Sewickley Cemetery

“This memorial is dedicated to the passengers and crew on USAir Flight 427”

Credits. This page was last revised on June 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 6,610 times since then and 430 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 30, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.