Boeing 727-200 crash, Aug 31, 1988 (14 killed), Dallas-Fo...
Boeing 727-200 accident on August 31, 1988 near Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, United States with 14 fatalities. Cause: Inadequate cockpit discipline by the...
- Date: August 31, 1988
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 14
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Inadequate cockpit discipline by the captain and first officer, who attempted takeoff without the flaps and slats configured, and failure of the takeoff configuration warning system to alert the crew.
Delta Flight 1141, a Boeing 727-232 on a scheduled flight from Dallas Fort Worth to Salt Lake City, took off without its wing flaps and slats properly set. It struck the ILS localizer antenna array about 1,000 feet beyond the end of runway 18L and came to rest about 3,200 feet further on, with 14 people killed.