Douglas DC-9-31 accident near Sioux Falls, SD
On December 20, 1983, a Douglas DC-9-31 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Sioux Falls, SD. No one was seriously hurt. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 20, 1983
- Place
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-9-31 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 0 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 43.582°N, 96.741°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001214X45258
Conditions
- Local time
- 7:17 PM
- Light
- Daylight
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC)
- Wind
- 70° at 9 kt
- Cloud ceiling
- 1,000 ft
From Wikipedia
Ozark Air Lines Flight 650 was a regularly scheduled flight on December 20, 1983, from Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, to Sioux Falls Regional Airport in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. While landing in Sioux Falls, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 struck a snow plow on the runway and burst into flames. The snow plow's driver was killed, and two flight attendants were injured.
Text from Wikipedia, “Ozark Air Lines Flight 650”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
