- Date
- July 31, 1973
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN · CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Injuries
- 56 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3310LDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188776
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0022 73/7/31 CHATTANOOGA,TENN DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0548 N3310L PX- 0 0 52 38, 7500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVELL OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA CHATTANOOGA,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY REMARKS- LND MORE THAN HALFWAY DWN RWY. INTNTL R TURN NEAR RWY END TO AVOID APCH LTS. LCLZR BACK CRSE APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3310L
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Lovell
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.