Late on the night of January 7, 1994, the British Aerospace Jetstream 41 operating as Flight 6291 stalled and crashed on approach to Port Columbus International Airport.
What did you do?” This shows that Captain White likely believed that First Officer Samuels, who had only worked at the airline for a short time and was relatively inexperienced, was responsible for the problem.
Neither pilot, one of whom was inexperienced and the other had a history of failed check rides, performed the proper stall recovery procedure detailed by the aircraft’s manufacturer in the Airplane Flight Manual.
[7] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated the crash and released a report on October 6, 1994 that faulted the crew and Atlantic Coast Airlines.
The pilots attempted a poorly planned and unstable approach, during which they failed to maintain both airspeed and altitude, then improperly responded to a stall warning.
[1] The crash of United Express Flight 6291 was covered in "Slam Dunk", a Season 19 episode of the internationally syndicated Canadian TV documentary series Mayday.