USAir Flight 405 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight between
LaGuardia Airport in
Queens,
New York City,
New York, and
Cleveland,
Ohio. On March 22, 1992, a
USAir Fokker F28,
registration flying the route, crashed in poor weather in a partially inverted position in
Flushing Bay, shortly after liftoff from LaGuardia. The undercarriage lifted off from the runway; however, the airplane failed to gain lift, flying only several meters above the ground. The aircraft then veered off the runway and hit multiple obstructions before coming to rest in Flushing Bay, just beyond end of the runway. Of the 51 people on board, 27 were killed in the accident, including the captain and one of the cabin crew members.