# Accident 20100727056019A: Douglas MD-11, Riyadh, July 27, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2010, 11:30 local time
- Place: Riyadh
- Airport: King Kalhid International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: LU7F
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS MD-11
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 8,570 total, 3,900 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100727056019A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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