Douglas DC-10 crash, May 6, 2009, Baltimore-Washington-Th...
Douglas DC-10 accident on May 6, 2009 near Baltimore-Washington-Thurgood Marshall, Maryland, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The captain's...
- Date: May 6, 2009
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-10
- Location: Baltimore-Washington-Thurgood Marshall, Maryland, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain's inappropriate control inputs after a firm landing, with fatigue, physical discomfort and possibly incomplete consolidation of skills after a fragmented DC-10 upgrade.
A World Airways DC-10-30 on a charter flight from Leipzig made a firm landing at Baltimore/Washington. The main gear rebounded, and the captain's control inputs produced two hard nose gear impacts before a successful go-around. The NTSB attributed the inputs to the captain's fatigue, physical discomfort and fragmented upgrade training. The aircraft was later written off.