McDonnell Douglas MD-90 crash, May 8, 2009, Riyadh-King K...
McDonnell Douglas MD-90 accident on May 8, 2009 near Riyadh-King Khaled, Manţiqat ar Riyāḍ, Saudi Arabia with no fatalities. Cause: The captain's...
- Date: May 8, 2009
- Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-90
- Location: Riyadh-King Khaled, Manţiqat ar Riyāḍ, Saudi Arabia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain's unauthorized use of manual ground spoilers in contravention of procedures, with the lever released before latching, which greatly reduced deceleration and led to a high-speed runway excursion.
A Saudia MD-90 on a positioning flight from Jeddah landed at Riyadh with its automatic ground spoilers disarmed, as the captain wanted to try manual spoilers. The spoiler lever was not latched, so it retracted and the spoilers never fully deployed. The aircraft ran off the runway at high speed onto sand, and its left main gear collapsed. All seven crew escaped unhurt.