Date: | Thursday 31 July 1997 |
Time: | 01:31 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-11F |
Owner/operator: | FedEx |
Registration: | N611FE |
MSN: | 48604/553 |
Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
Total airframe hrs: | 13034 hours |
Cycles: | 2950 flights |
Engine model: | General Electric CF6-80C2D1F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) |
Destination airport: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft touched down 1175 feet down runway 22R at 149 knots with a 500f/min descent rate and 1,67g acceleration. The flight bounced, yawed and rolled right, and touched down again 2275 feet from the threshold, at 1,7g (lateral acceleration 0,4g to the right) and dragging the no. 3 engine 238 feet further on. The right roll, pinning the no. 3 engine to the ground, possibly continued until the right wing's spars broke. The MD-11 skidded off the right side of the runway and ended up on its back 4800 feet from the threshold and just short of Terminal B.
The aircraft, N611FE, had suffered a similar incident (bounced on landing) in Anchorage, November 4, 1994.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captains overcontrol of the airplane during the landing and his failure to execute a go-around from a destabilized flare. Contributing to the accident was the captains concern with touching down early to ensure adequate stopping distance."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NTSB/AAR-00-02 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 12 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Aviation Week & Space Technology 15.09.1997 (31-32)
Aviation Week & Space Technology 11.08.1997 (38)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 November 1994 |
N611FE |
FedEx |
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Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC) |
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Location
Images:
photo (c) NTSB; Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR); 31 July 1997; (publicdomain)
photo (c) NTSB; Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR); 31 July 1997; (publicdomain)
photo (c) Tom Vance; San Jose Municipal Airport, CA (SJC/KSJC); August 1995
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