- Date
- April 16, 1985, 17:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, DC
- Injuries
- 129 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N400DLBoeing 727-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11150
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Go-around - not maintainedCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - not correctedCause
Analysis
While on final for runway 36 at Washington national airport, Washington, d.c., the pilot was given a change of lndg rwys because of traffic on rwy 36. Drng the ensuing realignment the cpt took the ctls and lndg the acft, scraping the right wing on the runway. Examination of the FDR indicated the acft touched down 10 knots below stall speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400DL
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 400
- Airframe hours
- 29,594
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-15, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Delta Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DCA · Washingon National, runway 33, 5,189 × 200 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,200 total · 5,600 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA