Narrative:
Just after lift-off, the DC-9 rolled left and both no. 1 and 2 engine compressors stalled. The takeoff was abandoned and the aircraft landed back on its tail and right wingtip some 5600 feet from the runway threshold. The aircraft skidded for 2025 feet, hitting runway signs. A thin layer of ice (0,15 inch) had accumulated on the wings.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
"wing .. ice
ice/frost removal from aircraft .. not performed .. pilot in command
stall .. Inadvertent .. Pilot in command
Contributing factors:
weather condition .. rain
weather condition .. snow
weather condition .. icing conditions
light condition .. dark night
visual/aural detection .. pilot in command.
» NTSB
accident date: 05-02-1985
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15
registration: I-TIGB
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Tuesday 5 February 1985 |
| Time: | 23:51 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 |
| Operator: | Airborne Express |
| Registration: | N926AX |
| MSN: | 47002/105 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL) ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL), United States of America |
| Wilmington-Clinton Field, OH (ILN/KILN), United States of America |
Just after lift-off, the DC-9 rolled left and both no. 1 and 2 engine compressors stalled. The takeoff was abandoned and the aircraft landed back on its tail and right wingtip some 5600 feet from the runway threshold. The aircraft skidded for 2025 feet, hitting runway signs. A thin layer of ice (0,15 inch) had accumulated on the wings.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE:
"wing .. ice
ice/frost removal from aircraft .. not performed .. pilot in command
stall .. Inadvertent .. Pilot in command
Contributing factors:
weather condition .. rain
weather condition .. snow
weather condition .. icing conditions
light condition .. dark night
visual/aural detection .. pilot in command.
Sources:
» Airport Operations Vol.19, No.6 (Nov/Dec 1993) / Flight Safety Foundation» NTSB
Photos
accident date: 05-02-1985
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15
registration: I-TIGB
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Philadelphia International Airport, PA to Wilmington-Clinton Field, OH as the crow flies is 728 km (455 miles).
Distance from Philadelphia International Airport, PA to Wilmington-Clinton Field, OH as the crow flies is 728 km (455 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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