Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD 88 accident near New York, NY
On March 5, 2015, a Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD 88 (airplane) was involved in an accident near New York, NY. No one was seriously hurt. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 5, 2015
- Place
- New York, NY
- Aircraft
- Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD 88 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 40.778°N, 73.870°W
- NTSB ID
- 20150305X42958
Sequence of events
- Loss of control on ground (Landing-landing roll, defining event)
- Runway excursion (Landing-landing roll)
- Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) (Landing-landing roll)
NTSB findings
- Cause: Powerplant parameters · Incorrect use/operation (Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters)
- Cause: Aircraft capability · Capability exceeded (Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability)
- Factor: Perception · Pilot (Personnel issues › Psychological › Perception/orientation/illusion)
- Factor: Task overload · Pilot (Personnel issues › Task performance › Workload management)
- Policy/procedure · Operator (Organizational issues › Management)
- Task performance · Cabin crew (Personnel issues)
- Snow/slush/ice covered surface · Availability of related info (Environmental issues › Physical environment › Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface)
- Policy/procedure · Manufacturer (Organizational issues › Management)
Conditions
- Light
- Daylight
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC)
- Wind
- 100° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 0.25 mi
From Wikipedia
Delta Air Lines Flight 1086 was a scheduled Delta Air Lines domestic passenger flight between Atlanta and New York's LaGuardia Airport. On March 5, 2015, the McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft veered off the runway shortly after landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. The plane ran up the seawall berm and struck the perimeter fence, sliding along it for approximately 940 feet (290 m) before coming to rest with the nose of the aircraft hanging over the berm above Flushing Bay. There were no fatalities, although 29 people suffered minor injuries. The aircraft was seriously damaged and written off.
The final report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found the probable cause of the accident was the pilot's "inability to maintain directional control of the airplane due to his application of excessive reverse thrust, which degraded the effectiveness of the rudder in controlling the airplane's heading."
Text from Wikipedia, “Delta Air Lines Flight 1086”, 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.
