Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 23 MAR 2009 |
| Time: | 06:48 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-11F |
| Operator: | FedEx Express |
| Registration: | N526FE |
| C/n / msn: | 48600/560 |
| First flight: | 1993 |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney PW4460 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT) (Japan)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN/ZGGG), China |
| Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA), Japan | |
| Flightnumber: | 80 |
FedEx flight 80 departed Guangzhou (CAN), China on a cargo flight to Tokyo-Narita (NRT). The MD-11 landed in high winds on runway 16R/34L. The airplane bounced on first touchdown, then dropped from 50-100 ft onto the nosewheel at which point the plane rapidly banked to the left. The port wing impacted the ground and a fire erupted. The MD-11 rolled further onto its back and slid off the runway.
Weather reported around the accident time (21:48 UTC):
2009/03/22 21:00 RJAA 222100Z 30013G28KT 260V330 9999 FEW020 13/M01 Q0998 NOSIG RMK 1CU020 A2948
2009/03/22 21:00 RJAA 222100Z 30013G28KT 260V330 9999 FEW020 13/M01 Q0998 NOSIG
2009/03/22 21:08 RJAA 222108Z 31025G35KT 9999 FEW020 12/M01 Q0998 RMK 1CU020 A2949
2009/03/22 21:30 RJAA 222130Z 32026G40KT 9999 FEW020 12/M02 Q0999 WS R34L NOSIG
2009/03/22 21:30 RJAA 222130Z 32026G40KT 9999 FEW020 12/M02 Q0999 WS R34L NOSIG RMK 1CU020 A2952 P/RR
2009/03/22 21:30 RJAA 222130Z 32026G40KT 9999 FEW020 12/M02 Q0999 WS R34L NOSIG
Sources:
» Kyodo, Asahi
» JTSB
Follow-up / safety actions
NTSB issued 2 Safety Recommendations
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Photos
Nose landig gear
Left wing
Images of the Localizer Monitor Camera
N813DE was sold to FedEx in 2004 and re-registered N526FE
Video/animation
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 Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Tokyo-Narita Airport as the crow flies is 2927 km (1829 miles).
Distance from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Tokyo-Narita Airport as the crow flies is 2927 km (1829 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.
