- Date
- April 23, 1992, 18:16 local (22:16 UTC)
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29549Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8F-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920423042209A
- Case key
- 15430
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's misjudging of the touchdown point. Factors include (aircraft performance) hydroplaning condition, and the pilot-in-command's poor evaluation of weather conditions.
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.
Analysis
The airplane landed long on a wet runway and began to hydroplane. Brakes and thrust reversers were ineffective in stopping the airplane on the remaining runway. When the pilot-in-command attempted to turn the airplane onto a ramp at the end of the runway, the airplane departed the runway to the left. The nose gear began to sink into the soft terrain and when it came in contact with the taxiway, the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29549
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8F-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 45803
- Airframe hours
- 61,888
- Engine
- P&W JT3D-3B, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- American Intl Airways
- Registered owner
- Palau Intl. Traders, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · April 23, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- YIP · Willow Run, runway 23, 7,294 × 160 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31,000 total · 800 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YIP, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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