# Incident 19990323021339I: Doug DC873F, Albuquerque, NM, March 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1999, 16:40 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N852UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N852UP-2014-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-73F (registry code 302199F, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-73f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC873F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,329 total, 1,150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990323021339I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON MARCH 23, 1999, AT 1640 MST, A DOUGLAS DC-8-73F (N852UP) REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (IPXA), LOUISVILLE, KY, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHILE LANDING IN GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS AT ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT (ABQ) ALBUQUERQUE, NM. THE CREW OF THREE WERE UNINJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND THE ACFT WAS OPERATING ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN UNDER 14 CFR PART 121 THAT ORIGINATED IN LOUISVILLE, KY.  DURING AN INTERVIEW, THE CAPTAIN STATED THE WINDS WERE REPORTED BY THE ABQ ATCT TO BE A 90 DEGREE RIGHT CROSSWIND OF 18 TO 19 KNOTS, WITH GUSTS TO 24 KNOTS.  THE CROSSWIND COMPONENT FOR THIS TYPE ACFT IS 25 KNOTS.  THE ACCEPTED CROSSWIND LANDING PROCEDURE FOR THE "FAN ENGINE" DC-8 IS TO CRAB INTO THE WIND UNTIL BEGINNING THE TOUCHDOWN FLARE, AND THEN ALIGN THE ACFT WITH THE RUDDER.  ADDITIONALLY, THIS ACFT IS EQUIPPED WITH AUTO-DEPLOY SPOILERS THAT EXTEND AS SOON AS ONE SQUAT SWITCH CLOSES.  THE CAPTAIN STATED THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED "FIRMLY" ON THE RIGHT MAIN MOUNT AND THE SPOILERS DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO DROP.  HE DID NOT BELIEVE HE HAD A "HARD LANDING."  ON THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT, THE CREW DISCOVERED THE RUB DAMAGE TO THE #1 AN D #4 ENGINE NACELLES. PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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