ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362130
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Date: | Friday 30 April 1993 |
Time: | 22:13 LT |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |
Owner/operator: | Delta Air Lines |
Registration: | N803DE |
MSN: | 48474/485 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4572 hours |
Engine model: | P&W PW4460 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 277 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Category: | Serious incident |
Location: | Los Angeles, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Anchorage, AK (ANC |
Destination airport: | (KLAX) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO-AROUND ON HIS FIRST APPROACH DUE TO PRECEDING TRAFFIC ON THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE SECOND APPROACH, HE ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE'S DESCENT RATE TO BECOME EXCESSIVE, AND IT TOUCHED DOWN FIRMLY AND BOUNCED. THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN WAS ALSO FIRM. DURING THE LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE AIRPLANE VIBRATED, BUT WAS CONTROLLED WITH BRAKES AND ENGINE REVERSING. A POST-FLIGHT EXAM REVEALED DAMAGE TO BOTH NOSE GEAR TIRES AND WHEEL RIMS, SMALL HOLES IN THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE NOSE GEAR, AND INGESTION OF TIRE RUBBER IN THE #1 ENGINE.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX93IA198 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX93IA198
History of this aircraft
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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ASN Update Bot |
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