Douglas DC-9 crash, Mar 30, 1992, Granada
Douglas DC-9 accident on March 30, 1992 near Granada, Andalusia, Spain with no fatalities. Cause: Hard landing with a tailwind component of about 11...
- Date: March 30, 1992
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
- Location: Granada, Andalusia, Spain
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Hard landing with a tailwind component of about 11 knots, followed by a bounce and a second hard touchdown. The sources do not give a detailed investigation finding.
An Aviaco DC-9 on flight AO231 from Madrid landed hard about 50 metres past the threshold at Granada, bounced and landed hard again. All tyres burst and the fuselage broke in two. All 99 occupants were evacuated, with 26 injured, four of them seriously.