- Date
- August 20, 1988, 09:26 local (16:26 UTC)
- Place
- Honolulu, HI
- Injuries
- 144 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N689HAMcdonnell Douglas DC9-51
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880820069739I
- Case key
- 25874
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Probable cause
The aircrafts encounter with the engine exhaust flow and related turbulence from a heavy Boeing 747, which crossed the approach end of the runway about 1 minute and ten seconds prior to the incident.
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.
Analysis
The hawaiian DC9 was cleared to land on rwy 8L. All passenger aircraft departing rwy 8R from the passenger terminal must cross the approach end of rwy 8L. A heavy Boeing 747 crossed the approach end of rwy 8L enroute to 8R about 1 minute and 10 seconds prior to the touchdown of the DC9. The DC9 crew said the approach was stabilized at vref plus 10 with a 600 fpm descent rate. At 50 feet AGL over the approach end of the rwy. The airspeed suddenly decreased to vref and a high sink rate developed. The pilot flying was able to arrest the descent rate with power and a pitch attitude increase. The pitch attitude was beyond the 10.4 degree pitch attitude required to strike the tail skid. The tail skid broke off and damaged some internal members in the tail area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N689HA
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC9-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47663
- Engine
- P&W JT-8D-17, 16,000 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- First Security Bank
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- KOA · Kona, HI
- Destination
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HNL · Honolulu Int'L, runway 8L, 12,360 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,528 total · 8,000 in this make and model · 214 in the last 90 days · 73 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HNL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.