- Date
- June 30, 1988, 07:02 local (14:02 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N791FTMcdonnell Douglas DC-8-73F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880630042539I
- Case key
- 40744
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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.
Analysis
Crew noted inflight indications of loss of hydraulic fluid, then carried out standard procedures per crew manual. Emerg hyd sys used to lower flaps for lndg. Acft landed with four right brakes locked. The tires blew and the wheels were ground flat. Investigation revealed a ruptured #3 hydraulic pump pressure line and an improperly rigged emergency hydraulic pump control arm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N791FT
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-73F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46845
- Airframe hours
- 54,083
- Engine
- GE CFM-56-2, 22,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Emery Air Freight, doing business as Rosenbalm Aviation
- Registered owner
- National Funding Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- HDY · Dayton, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SEA · Seattle Tacoma, runway 16L, 11,900 × 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
- 54
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,253 total · 6,833 in this make and model · 197 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEA
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 N791FT · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.