Pilot error led to an aborted takeoff that collapsed a jet's nose gear in Philadelphia last year, according to federal investigators.
The FAA found that US Airways Flight 1702's pilots didn't program the plane's computer properly and ignored warnings to stop the takeoff on March 13.
Once the plane was 70 feet off the ground, the captain declared it unsafe to fly and throttled down, according to the report.
The Fort Lauderdale, Florida-bound Airbus A320 fell to the runway and skidded 2,000 feet across a field.
The 154 people aboard had to evacuate the plane via its inflatable slides; two of them suffered minor injuries.
The captain had been taking prescription medications and shouldn't have flown, according to the report.
US Airways has declined to comment.
A final report is expected this spring.
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