McDonnell Douglas MD-88 crash, Mar 5, 2015, New York-LaGu...
McDonnell Douglas MD-88 accident on March 5, 2015 near New York-LaGuardia, New York, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: The captain's...
- Date: March 5, 2015
- Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-88
- Location: New York-LaGuardia, New York, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB: The captain'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. Contributing were the captain's situational stress and attentional limitations due to high workload during the landing.
On 5 March 2015 Delta Air Lines flight 1086, a McDonnell Douglas MD88 from Atlanta, landed on runway 13 at New York LaGuardia in snow and freezing fog. The aircraft left the left side of the runway, contacted the perimeter fence and stopped with its nose on an embankment beside Flushing Bay. Twenty nine passengers had minor injuries and the aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB found that the captain applied excessive reverse thrust, which degraded the rudder effectiveness and led to the loss of directional control.