- Date
- May 2, 1980
- Place
- Edwards Afb, CA · EDWARDS AFB, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N980DCDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1982
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3800 80/5/2 EDWARDS AFB,CA DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 1 6 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0634 N980DC PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION 57, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, 700 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EDWARDS AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDWARDS AFB,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR REMARKS- LNDG CERTIF TEST.APCH NOT STBLZD BFR FLARE,EMPENNAGE SEPD.NO CALL-OUT RQRD-OTR CREW.INADQT PROC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N980DC
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Edwards Afb