- Date
- August 1, 1988, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pensacola, FL
- Injuries
- 93 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N924DLMcdonnell Douglas MD-88
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880801036419I
- Case key
- 32069
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The captain stated that he crossed the final approach fix at 3000 feet, continued the approach, touched down at 140 knots at the end of the touchdown zone, but could not stop the acft and ran off the end of runway 16. According to tower personnel and witnesses the acft touched down south of the runway 7-25 intersection with aprx 3000 feet of runway remaining and ran off the end of runway 16. According to the landing card the approach vref speed was 128 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N924DL
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49711
- Airframe hours
- 29
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-219, 22,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Delta Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 27, 1988 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PNS · Pensacola Regional, runway 16, 7,002 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 330 in this make and model · 180 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 36° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N924DL · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.