Statuts:	Enquête Officielle
Date:	06 MAI 2009
Heure:	ca 13:30
Type/Sous-type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30ER
Compagnie:	World Airways
Immatriculation:	N139WA
Numéro de série:	46583/292
Année de Fabrication:	1979-07-02 (29 years 11 months)
Heures de vol:	107814
Moteurs:	3 General Electric CF6-50C2
Equipage:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 12
Passagers:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 168
Total:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 180
Dégats de l'appareil:	Substantiels
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
Phase de vol:	A l'atterrissage (LDG)
Nature:	Charter National
Aéroport de départ:	Leipzig Airport (LEJ/EDDP), Allemagne
Aéroport de destination:	Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI/KBWI), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Numéro de vol:	8535

Détails:
A DC-10-30, operated by World Airways as flight 8535, experienced a hard landing failing the left nose tire upon landing on runway 10 at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). The flight crew executed a go-around and landed on runway 33L. The flight was a contract Defense Department Air Mobility Command flight from Leipzig (LEJ), Germany. There were 168 passengers and 12 crew members on board, 4 occupants were taken to a local hospital, and the first officer experienced a serious injury. The airplane had substantial damage to the nose gear, electronics and equipment bay, and forward pressure bulkhead. Weather was reported as visual conditions with light winds.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain’s inappropriate control inputs following a firm landing, resulting in two hard nose-gear impacts before executing a go-around.
Contributing to the inappropriate control inputs was the captain’s fatigue and physical discomfort; and a possible lack of practical consolidation of skills and experience due to a protracted and fragmented training period."

Sources:
» NTSB
» NTSB Accident docket