- Date
- March 23, 2009, 06:49 local (06:49 UTC)
- Place
- Narita, Japan
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N526FEMcdonnell Douglas MD11
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 73529
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On March 23, 2009, at 0649 local time, a FedEx Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) MD-11 crashed upon landing at Narita International Airport (NRT), Narita, Japan. The flight originated at Guangzho Baiyun International Airport (CAN), Guangzho, China. Both pilots were killed and no other persons were onboard. The accident is being investigated by the Japan Transport Safety Board. All inquiries to this investigation should be directed to: JAPAN TRANSPORT SAFETY BOARD Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8918 Japan Website: http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/english.html
Aircraft
- Registration
- N526FE
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD11 (F)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 560
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- FedEx Corporation
- Registered owner
- FedEx Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- CAN · Guangzho
- Destination
- NRT · Narita
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- NRT · Narita International Airport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.