# Incident 20130219002479I: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51, Savannah, GA, February 19, 2013 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 19, 2013, 18:49 local time - Place: Savannah, GA - Airport: Savannah/Hilton Head Internati - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121) - Operator: DALA - Location: 32.1276° N, 81.2021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAVANNAH/HILTON HEAD INTL (SAV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1276&lon=-81.2021&mi=10 - Aircraft: N770NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N770NC-2014-06-17) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (registry code 3022051, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-51) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-51 - Reported engine: P & W JT8D-17 SER - People aboard: 124 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 9,126 total, 154 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130219002479I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. OVERVIEW: ON FEBRUARY 19, 2013, DELTA AIR LINES (DAL) FLIGHT #2307, ATLANTA, GEORGIA (ATL) TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA (SAV), DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING IN SAV. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN THE GRASS ABOUT 60 FEET PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY. NO EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS PERFORMED AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED THROUGH THE AFT AIRSTAIRS AND TAKEN BY BUS TO THE TERMINAL. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT INBOARD FLAP HAD OCCURRED. NTSB NOTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED (WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED). THIS INCIDENT WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE DAL AVIATION SAFETY ACTION PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, DAL FLIGHT OPERATIONS CONDUCTED A SAFETY DEBRIEF OF THE INCIDENT ON FEBRUARY 27, 2013. THE SAFETY DEBRIEF WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED BY A MOU BETWEEN DAL AND THE FAA DAL CMU. BACKGROUND: AT APPROXIMATELY 18:49 EST, FLIGHT #2307 DEPARTED OFF THE END OF RWY 01 IN SAV AFTER CONDUCTING THE INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) APPROACH AND LANDING. THE FLIGHT CREW ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF AT TAXIWAY A-2, WHICH IS THE LAST AVAILABLE TURNOFF FOR RWY 01. THE SAV WEATHER AT 18:53 LOCAL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WAS: (WIND) 270/6, (VISIBILITY) 9SM, (CEILING) SCT008, BKN 028, (TEMP/DEW POINT) 14/13. ALSO OF NOTE, THE AIRCRAFT?S LEFT THRUST REVERSER WAS DEFERRED PER THE DC-9 MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST (MEL). THIS PARTICULAR MEL DOES NOT HAVE A SUBSTANTIVE EFFECT ON LANDING DISTANCE. THE CAPTAIN WAS THE PILOT FLYING (PF). BOTH CREW MEMBERS REPORTED A NORMAL LANDING IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE. RUNWAY 01 IS 7,002 FEET LONG (5,952 FEET USEABLE PAST THE GLIDE SLOPE) AND IS NOT GROOVED. ACCORDING TO THE JEPPESEN AIRPORT DIAGRAM (BACKSIDE), PAGE 10-9A, THE RUNWAY IS EQUIPPED WITH HIGH INTENSITY RUNWAY LIGHTS, RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHTS, AND PRECISION APPROACH INDICATOR LIGHTS (PAPI). THE RUNWAY HAS A 3.00 DEGREE GLIDEPATH. A REVIEW OF AIRPORT NOTAMS INDICATES ALL APPLICABLE LIGHTING AND NAVIGATIONAL AIDS WERE FUNCTIONING. ADDITIONALLY, AN AIRPORT NOTAM STATED: ?CAUTION LANDING RWY 1/19 DURING OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER HEAVY RAIN ? RWY IS NOT GROOVED AND WATER POOLING IS POSSIBLE?. A FIELD CONDITION REPORT (FICON) ISSUED BY DAL SAV PERSONNEL, AT 17:15 EST STATED: ?ALL RUNWAYS CLEAR AND WET?. A REVIEW OF WEATHER DATA INDICATES .02 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRED FIVE HOURS PRIOR TO LANDING. THE LANDING PERFORMANCE DATA BOX (FLIP CARDS) FOR 106,000 POUNDS INDICATES THAT THE WET LANDING DISTANCE IS ABOUT 6,000 FEET (TOTAL RUNWAY DISTANCE BASED ON A RUNWAY THRESHOLD CROSSING HEIGHT AT 50 FEET). THE PERFORMANCE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON MAXIMUM RUNWAY BRAKING. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF THE FLIGHT CREW KNEW THE RUNWAY WAS WET AND USED MAXIMUM BRAKING. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS, THE FLIGHT CREW SHUTDOWN BOTH ENGINES. THE PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE DEPLANED THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT?S REAR STAIRS AND TAKEN BY BUS TO THE TERMINAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVENTUALLY TOWED TO THE RAMP WHERE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT INBOARD FLAP. THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER (FDR) WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FLIGHT CREW WAS REMOVED FROM FLYING STATUS PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION. A DISCREPANCY WAS ENTERED INTO THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOK STATING THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED RUNWAY SURFACE. THE FLIGHT CREW WAS TRAINED IN LANDING ON CONTAMINATED RUNWAYS IN THE SIMULATOR DURING THEIR INITIAL AND CONTINUING QUALIFICATION TRAINING; CQ 602/642 AND IQ 403 EVENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE 2013, 1ST QUARTER CONTINUING QUALIFICATION DVD (DISTANCE LEARNING) ALSO ADDRESSES LANDING ON CONTAMINATED RUNWAYS. ## Other reports on N770NC (5) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19981210045549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981210045549I), Dec 10, 1998: Doug DC951 (N770NC), LA. (-5) NWA1159 was at FL310 with opposite direction traffic at FL 330, 10 miles. NWA1159 notified ATC of complying with a TCAS climb resolution advisory (ra) for… - [Incident 19960114000359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960114000359I), Jan 14, 1996: Doug DC951 (N770NC), Fort Walton Bea, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: a northwest DC-9-50 crewed by captain david chiles and first officer clifford hudson struck a paving truck while taxiing into the ramp at fort… - [Incident 19880705044619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880705044619I), Jul 5, 1988: Doug DC951 (N770NC), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. Tail compartment temperature light on. Aborted takeoff. Tire failed on rejected takeoff. Leaking bleed air ducts. - [Incident 19860107002909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860107002909I), Jan 7, 1986: Doug DC951 (N770NC), Cleveland, OH. Cabin altitude started to climb. Regained normal pressurization in manual mode at FL240. Several components changed - [Incident 19841208070119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841208070119I), Dec 8, 1984: Doug DC951 (N770NC), Boston, MA. Missed approach due to unsafe gear indication. Recycled gear. Gear handle rivet sheared and binding. Replaced. 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/). 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