Inadequate material-flammability-certification standards and the absence of training and procedures for in-flight fire fighting were among the factors cited in the propagation of a fire that became uncontrollable and caused a loss of control of the airplane off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada…. Continue Reading →
The right wing separated from the fuselage during the second touchdown on the runway, and the airplane rolled and came to rest inverted. The five occupants received minor injuries during the impact and evacuation. The investigation generated a recommendation for pilot training on conducting stabilized approaches through the landing flare…. Continue Reading →
This report explains the accident involving a MD-82, which crashed after it overran the end of runway 4R during landing at Little Rock National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. Safety issues discussed in this report focus on flight crew performance, flight crew decision-making regarding operations in adverse weather, pilot fatigue, weather information dissemination, emergency…… Continue Reading →
The investigation of the approach-and-landing accident generated several recommendations, including improvement of standard operating procedures regarding the use of airplane spoiler systems, autobrake systems and reverse thrust on wet/slippery runways…. Continue Reading →
The investigation generated recommendations about the practice of clearing more than one aircraft onto a runway, the terminology used in takeoff clearances, coordination among controllers and the use of different languages in controller-pilot communication…. Continue Reading →
Insufficient lubrication led to excessive wear and to failure of the jackscrew assembly in the McDonnell Douglas MD-83’s horizontal-stabilizer-trim system. The failure caused the horizontal stabilizer to jam in a position beyond normal limits and the aircraft to enter a nose-down pitch attitude from which recovery was not possible…. Continue Reading →
Runway visual range was about 200 meters/700 feet when the crew of a Cessna Citation CJ2 taxied on the wrong taxiway and into the path of a Boeing MD-87 that was taking off on the active runway at Milan, Italy…. Continue Reading →
Passengers were commanded to remove their shoes before evacuating the aircraft, which slowed the evacuation and could have caused injuries or loss of life in a fire or other critical situation, the official U.S. accident investigation report said…. Continue Reading →
On August 24 1999, an MD-90 had just landed and was rolling on Runway when a explosion was heard in the front section of the passenger cabin, followed by smoke and then fire…… Continue Reading →
This NTSB report explains the accident involving Federal Express flight 1406, a Douglas DC-10-10, which made an emergency landing at Stewart International Airport on September 5, 1996, after the flightcrew determined that there was smoke in the cabin cargo compartment…. Continue Reading →
On 21 October 2004 the DC-9-83 was scheduled on a charter flight from Zurich (Switzerland) to Pristina (Kosovo). The first approach was performed on runway 35 at Pristina. A go around was performed under demanding weather conditions because the aircraft could not be stabilized in short final. On this occasion the left wing made contact…… Continue Reading →
On July 31, 1997, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11,operated by Federal Express, Inc., crashed while landing on runway 22R at Newark International Airport, USA. The regularly scheduled cargo flight originated in Singapore on July 30 with intermediate stops in Penang, Malaysia; Taipei, Taiwan; and Anchorage, Alaska. On board were the captain and first officer, who had…… Continue Reading →
On landing, the aircraft bounced a number of times and the ground spoilers did not deploy. While the pilot applied maximum thrust reverse and maximum manual braking, complete deceleration was not achieved in sufficient time to stop the aircraft departing the end of RWY 24 and rolling some 230 ft into the grass over-run area…. Continue Reading →
The US NTSB determined that the probable causes of the accident were a fire of undetermined origin, an underestimate of fire severity, and misleading fire progress information provided to the captain. The time taken to evaluate the nature of the fire and to decide to initiate an emergency descent contributed to the severity of the…… Continue Reading →
The MD 83 was cleared to take off. The Shorts 330 registered G-SSWN was then cleared to line up and to wait as « number two ». The controller believed that the two aircraft were at the threshold of the runway, whereas the Shorts had been cleared to use an intermediate taxiway. The Shorts entered the runway…… Continue Reading →