- Date
- May 21, 1988, 16:12 local (21:12 UTC)
- Place
- Dfw Airport, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 6 minor, 246 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N136AAMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19880521029359A
- Case key
- 22690
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Flt control syst,wing slat system - false indicationFactor
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Aborted takeoff - attempted
Airspeed(v1) - exceeded
Landing gear,normal brake system - inadequateCause
Acft/equip,inadequate aircraft componentCause
Inadequate substantiation processCause
Inadequate certification/approval,aircraftCause
Landing gear,normal brake system - worn
Landing gear,normal brake system - failure,totalCause
Overrun
Terrain condition - soft
Object - approach light/navaid
Nose gear collapsed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N136AA
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47846
- Airframe hours
- 61,322
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines
- Registered owner
- First Security Bank Of Utah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 19, 1988 · 15 hours before
- Destination
- FRA · Frankfurt, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DFW · Dallas-Fort Worth Int'L, runway 35L, 11,388 × 200 ft, concrete
N136AARegistration cancelled Oct 20, 1988 · Mcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30Airframe modelMcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DFW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.