Boeing 737-800 crash, May 3, 2019, Jacksonville-Towers Fi...
Boeing 737-800 accident on May 3, 2019 near Jacksonville-Towers Field NAS, Florida, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Extreme loss of braking...
- Date: May 3, 2019
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
- Location: Jacksonville-Towers Field NAS, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Extreme loss of braking friction due to heavy rain and water depth on the ungrooved runway, resulting in viscous hydroplaning, with inadequate operator guidance on runway braking conditions contributing
A Miami Air International Boeing 737 800 on a charter flight from Guantanamo Bay overran runway 10 at Jacksonville Naval Air Station in heavy rain and came to rest in the shallow St. Johns River. All 143 people on board survived, with 21 taken to hospital with non critical injuries. The NTSB found an extreme loss of braking friction from viscous hydroplaning on the ungrooved, flooded runway.