20040102000399I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug MD-88 · Pensacola, FL · January 2, 2004

Date
January 2, 2004 · 17:40 local
Place
Pensacola, FL
Airport
Pensacola Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N953DL
Reported as
Doug MD88
People aboard
145
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,963 total1,533 in this make and model177 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot stated that he touched down approximately 1000 feet down the runway and bounced and floated for a considerable distance before touching down again. When the nose wheel touched down the runway marker lights indicating 3000 feet was remaining. The pilot applied manual braking and reverse thrust, but was unable to achieve a rate of deceleration sufficient to bring the aircraft to a stop at the end of the runway. The aircraft stopped about 100 feet off the end of the runway. There was no damage or injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED AND FLOATED FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN. WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE RUNWAY MARKER LIGHTS INDICATING 3000 FEET WAS REMAINING. THE PILOT APPLIED MANUAL BRAKING AND REVERSE THRUST, BUT WAS UNABLE TO ACHIEVE A RATE OF DECELERATION SUFFICIENT TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ABOUT 100 FEET OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

Other reports on N953DL · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.