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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Douglas MD-11 · Riyadh · July 27, 2010

Date
July 27, 2010 · 11:30 local
Place
Riyadh
Airport
King Kalhid International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
LU7F
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Douglas MD-11
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
8,570 total3,900 in this make and model127 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.

On July 27, 2010 at approximately 1130 local time (saudi arabia), an MD-11 cargo aircraft operated by lufthansa cargo, crashed while attempting to land at the King khalid international airport, Riyadh, saudi arabia. The captain was not injured and the first officer sustained a serious injury. The aircraft was destroyed due to impact forces and a post crash fire. The aircraft was operating as a revenue cargo flight that departed from frankfurt, germany and was on an IFR flight plan to Riyadh. The aircraft was cleared for the visual approach to runway 33L and just after the initial touchdown, the aircraft bounced three times fracturing the fuselage at the main landing gear location collapsing the nose gear. As a result, the aircraft caught fire and veered off the runway. The crew declared a mayday and requested the crash fire rescue equipment.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 27, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 LOCAL TIME (SAUDI ARABIA), AN MD-11 CARGO AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY LUFTHANSA CARGO, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE KING KHALID INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA. THE CAPTAIN WAS NOT INJURED AND THE FIRST OFFICER SUSTAINED A SERIOUS INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED DUE TO IMPACT FORCES AND A POST CRASH FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING AS A REVENUE CARGO FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED FROM FRANKFURT, GERMANY AND WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO RIYADH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR THE VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33L AND JUST AFTER THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES FRACTURING THE FUSELAGE AT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR LOCATION COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. AS A RESULT, THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE CREW DECLARED A MAYDAY AND REQUESTED THE CRASH FIRE RESCUE EQUIPMENT.