Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 27 November 1973
Aircraft Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
Owner/operator: Eastern Air Lines
Registration Number: N8967E
Location: Akron/Canton Regional Airport, OH (CAK) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26
Component Affected: Aircraft Control System (airspeed)Aircraft Control System (airspeed)
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
A DC-9 aircraft experienced a serious landing accident due to excessive airspeed during a landing on a wet runway. The aircraft overran the runway, resulting in a significant embankment and loss of control. The incident was exacerbated by low visibility, light rain, and fog.A DC-9 aircraft experienced a serious landing accident due to excessive airspeed during a landing on a wet runway. The aircraft overran the runway, resulting in a significant embankment and loss of control. The incident was exacerbated by low visibility, light rain, and fog.
Description
The DC-9 landed 12-27 knots too fast on runway 01, approx. 2400 feet down the runway. The aircraft overran the runway, traversed 110 feet of unpaved ground and plunged over a 38 feet embankment. Weather included low ceilings, light rain, fog, 1,5 mile visibility. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The captain’s decision to complete the landing at an excessive airspeed and at a distance too far down a wet runway to permit the safe stopping of the aircraft. Factors which contributed to the accident were: 1) lack of airspeed awareness during the final portion of the approach, 2) an erroneous indication of the speed command indicator, and 3) hydroplaning.”
Primary Cause
The captain’s decision to complete the landing at an excessive airspeed and at a distance too far down a wet runway to permit the safe stopping of the aircraft.The captain’s decision to complete the landing at an excessive airspeed and at a distance too far down a wet runway to permit the safe stopping of the aircraft.Share on:
