Date: | Saturday 18 January 1992 |
Time: | 10:28 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
Owner/operator: | USAir |
Registration: | N964VJ |
MSN: | 47373/522 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Total airframe hrs: | 59251 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Elmira Regional Airport, NY (ELM) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Ithaca-Tompkins County Airport, NY (ITH/KITH) |
Destination airport: | Elmira Regional Airport, NY (ELM/KELM) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Last reported wind was 310deg at 25 knots. During the runway 24 landing flare lifted the plane in a nose down attitude. The plane continued to descend and landed hard. The fuselage had cracked just aft of the wings and the aft fuselage was bent down about 7 degrees.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft encountered a sudden wind gust during landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | BFO92FA020 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
13 June 1984 |
N964VJ |
USAir |
0 |
Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW) |
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Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA); September 1976
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