Douglas DC-9-14 accident near Milwaukee, WI
On September 6, 1985, a Douglas DC-9-14 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Milwaukee, WI. 31 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 6, 1985
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-9-14 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 31 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 43.020°N, 87.929°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001214X37757
Conditions
- Local time
- 8:21 PM
- Light
- Daylight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 210° at 16 kt
- Visibility
- 10 mi
From Wikipedia
Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight that crashed into an open field in Oak Creek, Wisconsin shortly after taking off from General Mitchell International Airport on September 6, 1985. The airplane, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, was carrying 31 passengers and crew. None of them survived the crash.
Multiple eyewitnesses reported that the plane was on fire shortly after it took off from the airport. The fire was caused due to a failure on the right engine where one of its removable sleeve spacers detached. The removable sleeve spacer suffered metal fatigue that caused the engine to explode.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the investigation team who was responsible for the investigation of the crash, concluded that despite the plane suffering engine failure, it was still controllable, and instead the response of the crew to the failure was the main cause of the accident. The crew failed to properly control the plane during the emergency. Breakdown of the crew's coordination, and poor FAA oversight also contributed to the crash.
Text from Wikipedia, “Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105”, 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.
