# Incident 20001230026629I: Doug MD9030, Salt Lake City, UT, December 30, 2000 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 30, 2000, 08:08 local time - Place: Salt Lake City, UT - Airport: Salt Lake City International - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121) - Operator: DALA - Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10 - Aircraft: N909DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N909DA-2022-12-30) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-90-30 (registry code 3023690, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-90-30) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DOUG MD9030 - Reported engine: IAE V2528D5 - People aboard: 80 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 5,410 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01IA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01IA036) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001230026629I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) AT 08:10 MST ON 12/3/00 AT SLC A DALA #1147 MD-90 (N909DL) LANDED AT LEAST 200 FEET SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 34R DURING AN ILS APPROACH I N LOW IMC CONDITIONS. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SPLASH GUARD, #2 TIRE WERE DAMAGED. THE LEFT MAIN ENGINE WAS DAMAGED DUE TO FOD INGESTION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE 75 PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED NORMALLY AT GATE C-3, DEN NTSB CONDUCTING INCIDENT INVESTIGATION. (.4) THE CAPTAIN'S FIRST APPROACH BRIEFING WAS BASED ON AN ATIS REPORT, INDICATING A CAT III ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16R COULD BE EXPECTED. WHEN DESCENT INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN, HOWEVER, THE DESCENT PROFILE WAS FOR LANDINGS TO THE NORTH AND THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY A REVISED ATIS INFORMATION. THE CAPTAIN, WHO WAS FLYING THE AIRPLANE, BRIEFED THE FIRST OFFICER FOR A SECOND TIME FOR A CAT III APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34R. IMPROVED RVR MADE A CATEGORY I APPROACH FEASIBLE, AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO EXECUTE THIS APPROACH. THE CAPTAIN SAID HE ACQUIRED THE APPROACH LIGHTS 100 FEET ABOVE MINIMUMS, AND SAW THE THRESHOLD AND RUNWAY WHEN THE AIRPLANE ARRIVED AT MINIMUMS. HE DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT. AS HE BEGAN TO FLARE, THE FIRST OFFICER ANNOUNCED THAT SI NK RATE WAS INCREASING. THE CAPTAIN ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE PITCH. TOUCHDOWN WAS "FIRM BUT NOT HARD AND ROLLOUT WAS NORMAL." UPON REACHING THE GATE, THE CAPTAIN NOTIFIED THE CONTROL TOWER THAT HE HAD "POSSIBLY TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY." AN AIRPORT OPERATIONS VEHICLE REPORTED OBSERVING AN MD-90 LAND "PRIOR TO THE NUMBERS BUT HAD NOT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE OVER RUN." SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED DEBRIS ON RUNWAY 34R. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE APPROACH LIGHTS 400 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. TWO THRESHOLD LIGHTS AND ONE LIGHT EACH FROM THE 100 FOOT AND 200 FOOT APPROACH LIGHT BARS WERE FOUND KNOCKED OFF. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL SPLASH GUARD, AND ONE TIRE WAS CUT. A ONE-INCH SQUARE PIECE OF METAL WAS LODGED IN THE LEFT ENGINE NOISE SUPPRESSION MATERIAL, AND THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ENGINE FIRST STAGE FAN SECTION. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFORMATION SERVICE (ATIS) SIERRA WAS CURRENT: WIND, 330 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS; VISIBILITY, LESS THAN 1/4-MILE, FREEZING FOG; SKY CONDITION, INDEFINITE CEILING 100 FEET; TEMPERATURE, -6 DEGREES CELSIUS; DEW POINT, -7 DEGREES CELSIUS; ALTIMETER, 30.24 INCHES OF MERCURY; REMARKS, FOG DISPERSAL ONGOING. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB DEN01IA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01IA036), Dec 30, 2000: McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 (N909DA), Salt Lake City, UT, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: the captain's failure to maintain the proper glide path. Contributing factors were the weather conditions that included low visibility and fog. ## Other reports on N909DA (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20091102022489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091102022489A), Nov 2, 2009: Doug MD9030 (N909DA), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. During climb-out at kphx, and at about 12,000', the flight crew heard a very large bang and a pop in the pressurization. The crew declared an emergency and… - [Incident 20010518011389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010518011389I), May 18, 2001: Doug MD9030 (N909DA), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. (-23)Dal, flight 1144, a MD-90 aircraft, immediately after touchdown on 19R at sna, blew the right outboard MLG tire. The right outboard tire failure was… - [Incident 19980809036099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980809036099I), Aug 9, 1998: Doug MD9030 (N909DA), Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. (-5) Air carrier dal 1144, MD90, mci-slc. Pilot believed he blew a tire on take off. The pilot declared an emergency and returned to mci. Landed the aircraft… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.