# NTSB DCA01WA009: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, N132AA, FAAA Tahiti, French Polynesia, December 24, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 23, 2000, 23:53 local (Dec 24, 2000, 02:53 UTC)
- Place: FAAA Tahiti, French Polynesia
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 139 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 50865
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA01WA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50865/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA01WA009

## Aircraft

- Registration: N132AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 47827
- Airframe hours: 64841
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Hawaiian Airlines Inc
- Registered owner: American Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Last inspection: AAIP, November 29, 2000, 152 hours before
- Departed: PHNL, Honolulu, HI
- Destination: NTAA, FAAA Papeete
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: NTAA, Tahiti-FAAA International Airp, runway 04, 11,220 × 148 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 330° at 19 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 82 °F
- Altimeter: 29.79 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20001223029409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001223029409A), Dec 23, 2000: Doug DC1010, No damage. (-23)HA132 with 136 passengers and a crew of 15 skidded off rwy 04 at tahiti international airport (ntaa) while landing during heavy rain showers. The flight…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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