List of incidents involving the Douglas DC-9

The Douglas DC-9 Incident List provides an overview of total write-offs in accidents involving Douglas DC-9 aircraft resulting in death, a written-off aircraft, or global media coverage.

1960s

• On October 1, 1966, a West Coast Airlines Douglas DC-9-14 ( aircraft registration number N9101 ) with flight number 956 flew into a ridge while approaching Portland (Oregon) Airport . In this CFIT ( Controlled Flight into Terrain ) all 18 occupants were killed. This was the first total loss of a DC-9.

• On March 9, 1967, a Douglas DC-9-15 of Trans World Airlines (N1063T) collided on a flight from Greater Pittsburgh Airport to Dayton ( Ohio ) Airport near Urbana, Ohio with a private plane of the Beechcraft Baron type and crashed. All 25 occupants of the DC-9 and the Beechcraft's lone pilot died (see also TWA flight 553 ) .

• On March 16, 1969, a Douglas DC-9-32 on VIASA Flight 742 crashed shortly after take-off from Maracaibo Airport , Venezuela . All 84 occupants and 71 people on the ground, 155 in total, died in the worst accident involving a DC-9.
• On June 27, 1969, Douglas was DC-9-31 (N906H) from Hawaiian Airlines at the bottom of a Vickers Viscount N7410 of Aloha Airlines made at Honolulu International Airport. The Viscount was irreparably damaged. The DC-9 was repaired and continued to fly until 2002.

• On September 9, 1969, an Allegheny Airlines Douglas DC-9-30 collided in midair with a Piper PA-28 in Cherokee near Fairland, Indiana. The DC-9 carried 78 passengers and 4 crew members, the Piper a pilot. The occupants of both aircraft were killed in the accident and the aircraft destroyed.

1970s

• On February 15, 1970, a Douglas DC-9-32 of the Dominicana de Aviacion crashed into the sea in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic shortly after takeoff. All 102 people on board perished.

• On May 2, 1970, a Douglas DC-9-33CF had to Overseas National Airways (N935F) off the coast of Saint Croix due to fuel shortages ditch . The machine was on a scheduled flight for ALM Antillean Airlines from New York to St. Martin . After three missed approaches to the local Princess Juliana International Airport , the crew decided too late to evade to Saint Thomas . When ditching, 23 of the 63 occupants were killed (see also ALM flight 980 ) .

• On November 14, 1970, a chartered Douglas DC-9-31 was the Southern Airways (N97S) in Huntington , West Virginia shortly before landing because of falling below the decision height flying in poor visibility in a hill. All 75 occupants on board died.

• On June 6, 1971, a Douglas DC-9-31 crashed the Hughes Airwest (N9345) after a collision with a McDonnell F-4 Phantom II of the US Marine Corps (Bu 151,458) in Duarte (California) from. All 49 occupants of the DC-9 and the pilot of the F-4 died (see Hughes Airwest Flight 706 ) .

• On January 21, 1972, a had to Douglas DC-9-32 of the Turkish Airlines (TC-JAC) on a flight from Ankara Airport to Damascus airport due to problems with the cabin pressure on the Adana airport emergency landing. During the second landing approach with a tailwind, the machine crashed. There were no passengers on board. Of the five crew members, one person was killed.

• On January 26, 1972, a Douglas DC-9-32 of the Yugoslav airline JAT (YU-AHT) broke up over the Czechoslovak village of Sbrská Kamenica. The flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived the crash from an allegedly more than 10,000 m altitude, the other 23 passengers and 4 crew members were killed. The altitude and the reason for the crash are controversial (see Jugoslovenski Aerotransport Flight 367 ) .

• On March 19, 1972, a Douglas DC-9-32 of the Yugoslavian Inex Adria Airways , which was operated for Egypt Air , flew into a mountain about 7 kilometers from the runway at Aden Airport in Shamsam, southern Yemen. All 30 people on board died.

• On May 28, 1972, an Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-9-31 (N8961E) crash-landed in Fort Lauderdale , Florida, United States. The main landing gear collapsed, the wings broke off and a fire broke out in which the aircraft was completely destroyed. The 10 people on board all survived the accident.

• On May 30, 1972, a Delta Air Lines Douglas DC-9-10 (N3305L) crashed onto the runway and exploded on a training flight during a touch-and-go maneuver in Fort Worth, Dallas. The crash occurred after the aircraft got caught in the wake of a recently launched McDonnell Douglas DC-10 , causing the pilots to lose control. All 4 people on board died (see also Delta Air Lines flight 9570 ) .

• On December 20, 1972, a Douglas DC-9-31 of North Central Airlines (N954N) collided during take-off with a Convair CV-880 of Delta Air Lines , which was taxiing down the same runway at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois . The DC-9 was destroyed, 10 people were killed and 15 of the 45 people on board injured; two of the 93 people on board the Convair 880 suffered minor injuries.

• On March 5, 1973, a Douglas DC-9-30 crashed the Iberia with a Convair CV-990 of Spantax in Nantes , France . All 68 occupants of the DC-9 died, but the occupants of the Spantax machine all survived. (see Iberia flight 504 ).
• On July 31, 1973, a Douglas DC-9-31 of Delta Air Lines (N975NE) crashed in Boston , Massachusetts while approaching the Boston-Logan Airport . One passenger survived four months, all other 88 people on board were killed in the accident.
• On September 11, 1974, an Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-9-30 crashed just off the runway in Charlotte , North Carolina. 72 of the 82 inmates were killed.

• On October 30, 1975, a Douglas DC-9-32 of the Inex Adria (YU-AJO) coming from Tivat flew into a hill eight kilometers from Prague Airport . At the time of the accident, fog prevailed with visibility less than 1500 meters. The cause of the accident was controlled flight into terrain . 75 of the 120 aircraft occupants died.

• On September 10, 1976, a Douglas DC-9 of Inex Adria collided with a Hawker Siddeley Trident of British Airways in Zagreb , Yugoslavia in the plane collision in Zagreb . All 176 occupants of the two machines and one person on the ground were killed.

Remains of the DC-9-31 from Southern Airways Flight 242

• On April 4, 1977, a Douglas DC-9-31 (N1335U) on Southern Airways Flight 242 in Hope, Georgia , failed both engines after the aircraft had flown into a bad weather front. It is believed that the engines failed due to hailstorms. The pilots attempted an emergency landing on a two-lane country road. Of the 85 inmates, 62 died, as did eight people who were on the road.
• On June 26, 1978, the pilots of an Air Canada Douglas DC-9-32 (CF-TLV) in Toronto stopped take-off after the machine had a blown tire. The machine rolled over the runway and against an earth wall, the hull breaking apart. Of the 107 people on board, 2 passengers were killed.
• On December 23, 1978, a Douglas DC-9-32 from Alitalia (I-DIKQ) flew in Palermo , Sicily, about 6 kilometers from the airport into the Mediterranean Sea. Crews of fishing boats rescued 21 occupants, 108 people died.

• On September 14, 1979, a Douglas DC-9-32 of Aero Trasporti Italiani crashed in the mountains near Cagliari, Italy as it approached Cagliari-Elmas Airport. All 27 passengers and 4 crew members died in the accident and the resulting fire.

1980s

• On January 7, 1980, a Douglas DC-9-32 was burning (I-DIKB) of Alitalia at Rome Fiumicino Airport in Hangar 2 of the zona tecnica from where they a C-check was subjected. Nobody was killed, but the plane had to be written off.

Remains of the DC-9-15 from Itavia Flight 870

• On June 27, 1980, a Douglas DC-9-15 broke apart in the air on Itavia Flight 870 and crashed 80 km north of Ustica into the Mediterranean Sea. The reasons for the crash could not be fully clarified. All 81 occupants of the DC-9 were killed.

Remains of the DC-9-32 from Air Canada Flight 797

• On July 27, 1981, a Douglas DC-9-32 of Aeroméxico (XA-DEN) had an accident while landing at Chihuahua Airport with 60 passengers and 6 crew members on board. The aircraft touched down about 150 m to the right of and about 60 m after the landing threshold , flicked back into the air and then hit the ground. The fuselage broke and the aircraft caught fire. Twenty-eight passengers and two crew members were killed. At the time of the accident there were strong gusts and showers (see also Aeroméxico flight 230 ) .

• On November 8, 1981 there was a Douglas DC-9-32 of Aeroméxico (XA-DEO) with 12 passengers and 6 crew members on board 35 minutes after take-off from Acapulco airport to a pressure drop in the aircraft . The pilots tried to return to Acapulco for an emergency landing . The aircraft collided with a mountain, there were no survivors (see also Aeroméxico flight 110 ) .

• On June 2, 1983 at Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport, USA, a Douglas DC-9-32 made an emergency landing on Air Canada Flight 797 because of a fire in the area of ​​the rear toilet. As a result of smoke inhalation and a smoke gas explosion during the evacuation of the landed machine, 23 of the total of 41 passengers died, including the Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers . Consequences from the accident investigation were u. a. the introduction of fire alarms and safety briefings on board all traffic machines before take-off.

• On December 7, 1983 , a Boeing 727-200 from Iberia ( EC-CFJ ) and a rolling DC-9-32 from Aviaco ( EC-CGS ) collided at Madrid-Barajas Airport , the pilots of which rolled onto the active runway in the fog were. 93 people were killed in the accident, 51 of 93 in the Boeing 727 and all 42 on board the Aviaco aircraft. As a consequence of this accident, all Spanish airports, in particular Barcelona and Madrid, were redesigned so that crossing an active runway is no longer necessary.

• On September 6, 1985, a Douglas DC-9 of the Midwest Express crashed shortly after taking off for Atlanta in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA due to an engine failure and the following pilot error. All 31 people on board died. (see Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 ).

• On August 31, 1986, an Aeroméxico DC-9-32 (XA-JED) near Los Angeles, California, USA, was flying from Mexico City to Los Angeles in the air with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee light aircraft ( N4891F) over the city. In the resulting crash, all 67 people were killed on both aircraft. In addition, 15 people died on the ground. The cause of the accident was a mistake by the pilot of the small aircraft and air traffic control (see Aeroméxico flight 498 ) .

• On April 4, 1987, a Douglas DC-9-32 from Garuda Indonesia (PK-GNQ) collided with high-voltage lines while approaching Polonia Airport near Medan and crashed, killing 23 of the 45 people on board. It is believed that the plane crashed due to wind shear (see also Garuda Indonesia flight 035 ) .

• On November 15, 1987, a Continental Airlines DC-9-14 (N626TX) sank back onto the runway at Denver-Stapleton Airport , Colorado , USA after taking off and broke. Both pilots were very inexperienced with this type and had not had the aircraft sufficiently de-iced. 28 of 82 inmates died. The investigation report criticized the lack of regulations at Continental with regard to the necessary flight experience (see also Continental Airlines flight 1713 ) .

1990s

• On November 14, 1990, a DC-9-32 from Alitalia (I-ATJA) was flown into the area when it fell below the minimum altitude during the final approach to runway 14 at Zurich Airport . They bounced it around nine kilometers from the runway threshold in the wooded Stadlerberg between Weiach and Stadel bei Niederglatt . All 46 occupants were killed as a result (see also Alitalia flight 404 ) .

• On December 3, 1990, two Northwest Airlines airliners , a Douglas DC-9-14 on the way to Pittsburgh (N3313L) and a Boeing 727-251 on the way to Memphis (N278US) , collided in the fog in Detroit, Michigan, USA on the ground. The DC-9 pilots had accidentally rolled onto the runway. In the collision at over 150 km / h, one wing of each machine was torn off and fire broke out on the DC-9. 8 people died on board the DC-9, a total of 190 people survived (see also plane collision at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport 1990 ) .

• On March 5, 1991, a Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) DC-9-32 (YV-23C) crashed into a mountain near La Valesa, Venezuela on its flight from Maracaibo to Santa Barbara. All 43 occupants died (see also Aeropostal flight 109 ) .

• On April 18, 1993, a Douglas DC-9-41 of the Japan Air System (JA8448) had an accident while landing at Hanamaki Airport in Japan . 19 people were injured, but all 77 occupants on board survived. The plane was written off.

• On June 21, 1993, a Douglas DC-9-32 of Garuda Indonesia (PK-GNT) landed on runway 09 and taxied safely to the apron of Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar , Bali, Indonesia. Major aircraft damage was discovered there. The plane was high on the approach, which was corrected too much, resulting in the plane coming too low. The thrust was increased and the DC-9 then hit the runway in an upward facing position. All passengers and crews on board survived.

Debris field from the crashed DC-9-31 on USAir Flight 1016

• On July 2, 1994, a Douglas DC-9-31 of the USAir (N954VJ) launched at Columbia Metropolitan Airport , South Carolina , crashed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport , North Carolina during a failed go-around attempt during wind shear in heavy rain showers. Of the 57 occupants, 37 were killed (see also USAir flight 1016 ) .

• On January 11, 1995, a Douglas DC-9-14 of the Intercontinental de Aviación (HK-3839X) coming from Bogotá was flown off -road in Cartagena , Colombia shortly before landing. Only one person survived, the other 51 people died on board (see also Intercontinental de Aviación flight 256 ) .

• On June 8, 1995, the pilots of a DC-9-32 of the ValuJet (N908VJ) at Atlanta Airport (USA) aborted the take-off. The trigger was an engine failure caused by a corroded engine component. The machine started to burn. All 62 inmates survived. The affected engine part was checked by Turkish Airlines during maintenance in 1991 .

Memorial in memory of the victims of ValuJet flight 592

• On May 11, 1996, a ValuJet Airlines DC-9-32 (N904VJ) crashed into the Everglades Marshes nine minutes after taking off from Miami Airport because a fire broke out in the cargo hold shortly after take-off. This was due to several errors by ValuJet and the SabreTech company when loading five cardboard boxes with oxygen generators from a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 , which are used for the oxygen masks of passenger aircraft. All 110 people on board died. The accident resulted in the FAA revoking ValuJet's license to fly on June 17 (see ValuJet flight 592 ) .

• On October 10, 1997, near Nuevo Berlin , Uruguay, a Douglas DC-9 of the Austral Líneas Aéreas crashed on the way from Posadas , Argentina to Buenos Aires under unfavorable weather conditions (thunderstorms). All 74 people on board died (see also Austral Líneas Aéreas flight 2553 ) .

• On February 2, 1998, when approaching Cagayan de Oro, a Douglas DC-9 of Cebu Pacific Air with 104 people on board crashed into a mountain near the Philippines . No passenger on board survived (see also Cebu-Pacific flight 387 ) .

• On November 9, 1999 in Uruapan, Mexico, a Douglas DC-9 of TAESA initially climbed too steeply after take-off, then got out of control and crashed about 6 kilometers south of Uruapan Airport. All 18 people on board died.

2000s

• On August 8, 2000, the pilots of a Douglas DC-9-32 of AirTran Airways bound for Atlanta , Georgia made an emergency landing in Greensboro . Shortly after take-off, the flight crew declared an emergency by a fire and smoke in the cockpit during the flight. An emergency evacuation was carried out. Of the 58 passengers and 5 crew members on board, 3 crew members and 5 passengers received minor injuries from smoke inhalation. Five passengers and one ground crew member were slightly injured during the evacuation. The aircraft suffered significant fire, heat and smoke damage and was written off.

• On October 6, 2000, an Aeroméxico Douglas DC-9-31 (N936ML) en route from Mexico City to Reynosa , Mexico, could not be stopped before the end of the runway, collided with houses and fell into a small canal. Four people were killed on the ground. None of the 83 passengers and 5 crew members were killed. The DC-9 was badly damaged and classified as a loss (see also Aeroméxico flight 250 ) .

• On November 29, 2000, the flight crew of an AirTran Airways Douglas DC-9-32 made an emergency landing in Atlanta. Shortly after take-off, the flight crew discovered that several circuit breakers had tripped and several indicator lights had been illuminated. After landing, one of the flight attendants reported that smoke was escaping from the left side wall in the front cabin; air traffic control personnel also informed the flight crew that smoke was coming from the aircraft. The flight crew then initiated an emergency evacuation on one of the taxiways. Of the 2 crew members, 3 flight attendants and 92 passengers on board, 13 passengers were slightly injured. The aircraft suffered significant damage and was written off. The flight was to Akron , Ohio .

• On May 10, 2005, a Northwest Airlines Douglas DC-9-50 collided on the ground with a Northwest Airlines Airbus A319 that had just rolled back from the gate at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport . The DC-9 suffered a malfunction in one of its hydraulic systems in flight. After landing, the captain switched off one of the aircraft's engines and inadvertently deactivated the remaining hydraulics. Six people were injured. The Airbus was severely damaged, the DC-9 beyond repair.

• On December 10, 2005, a Douglas DC-9-32 of Sosoliso Airlines (5N-BFD) was flown on approach to Port Harcourt Airport in Nigeria without sight below the decision height and hit next to the runway. Of the 110 people on board, 108 were killed.

• On April 15, 2008, a Douglas DC-9-51 from Hewa Bora Airways did not take off after an unsuccessful take-off in Goma´ ( Democratic Republic of the Congo ) and sped into a residential area. 3 people were killed on board and 44 people on the ground.

• On July 6, 2008, a US Jet Airlines DC-9-15F crashed while approaching Saltillo, Mexico , after a flight from Shreveport , Louisiana . The captain died and the first officer was seriously injured.

kidnapping

The following case was not a flight accident, but an airplane hijacking without damage to property.

• On March 17, 1970, a passenger who could not pay for a ticket for a flight from Newark to Boston entered the cockpit of an Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-9-31 (N8925E) and shot the captain and the first officer. The latter was able to overwhelm him, which also caused the kidnapper to be gunshot. The captain was able to land the machine safely at Logan International Airport in Boston, but the first officer succumbed to the gunshot wound he had suffered (see also Eastern Air Lines flight 1320 ) .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Accident report DC-9-14 N9101 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 2, 2017.
2. ↑ accident report DC-9-15 N1063T , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 26 August 2017th
3. ^ Accident report DC-9-32 HI-177 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 6, 2016.
4. ^ Accident report DC-9-33 N935F , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 6, 2016.
5. ↑ accident report DC-9-31 N97S , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 26 August 2017th
6. ↑ accident report DC-9-31 N9345 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 27 November 2017th
7. ^ Accident report DC-9-32 TC-JAC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 21, 2019.
8. ^ Accident report DC-9-32 YU-AHR , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 6, 2016.
9. ↑ Accident report DC-9-31 N8961E , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.
10. ↑ accident report DC-9-10 N3305L , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 25 February of 2019.
11. ^ Accident report DC-9-32 YU-AJO , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.
12. ^ Accident report DC-9-32, CF-TLV , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.
13. ^ Accident report DC-9-32, I-DIKB , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.
14. ↑ Flight accident data and report McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEN Chihuahua-Gen Fierro Villalobos Airport (CUU) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 13, 2016.
15. ↑ Flight accident data and report McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEO Zihuatanejo in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 13, 2016.
16. ^ Accident report B-727-200 EC-CFJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 11, 2017.
17. ^ Accident report DC-9-32 EC-CGS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 11, 2017.
18. ^ Accident report DC-9-32 XA-JED , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 27, 2017.
19. ^ Accident report DC-9-30 PK-GNQ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.
20. ^ Accident report DC-9-14 N626TX , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 10, 2017.
21. ^ Accident report DC-9-30 I-ATJA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 8, 2019.
22. ^ Accident report DC-9-32 YV-23C , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 24, 2019.
23. ↑ accident report DC-9-31 N954VJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 10 October 2017th
24. ↑ accident report DC-9-32 N908VJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 20 December 2018th
25. ↑ accident report DC-9-32 N904VJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 20 December 2018th
26. ↑ accident report DC-9-31 N936ML , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 22 of 2019.
27. ^ Accident report DC-9-32 5N-BFD , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 6, 2019.