Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 13 SEP 2009 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-11F |
| Operator: | Lufthansa Cargo |
| Registration: | D-ALCO |
| C/n / msn: | 48413/488 |
| First flight: | 1992 |
| Engines: | 3 General Electric CF6-80C2D1F |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX) (Mexico) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW), United States of America |
| Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX), Mexico | |
| Flightnumber: | 8240 |
An MD-11 cargo plane, registered D-ALCO, was substantially damaged in a hard landing at Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX). Wrinkles in the fuselage were discovered and the nose gear sustained serious damage. The airplane remained parked at Mexico City until a repair team managed to make necessary repairs for a ferry flight. On November 14, 2009 the airplane carried out a low-altitude (FL100-FL160) ferry flight to Victorville. The cabin was not pressurized and the nose gear remained extended for the duration of the flight. The MD-11 was repaired at Victorville in 2010.
Sources:
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Distance from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX to Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport as the crow flies is 1500 km (938 miles).
Distance from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX to Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport as the crow flies is 1500 km (938 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.
