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Incidenti MD 80 – 1996/1997
Aerohabitat CentroStudi presenta un elenco incompleto degli eventi
incidentali occorsi alla flotta mondiale dell’aeromobile serie MD 80, fonte MD80
International Forum:
19 Dec 1997 SAN FRANCISCO, USA Alaska Airlines MD82/83 from Palm Springs to San
Francisco, USA lost the steering when landing. All passengers slide-evacuated.
17 Dec 1997 TRONDHEIM, NORWAY Scandinavian SAS MD82 from Tromso to Oslo with
123 pax had a near-miss with a Spanish Air Europa B737 on its way to Bodo, Norway when
designated the same 35,000 ft flight level near Trondheim, Norway.
20 Nov 1997 WARSAW, POLAND Blue Scandinavia MD83 from Hurghada, Egypt to Malmö,
Sweden diverted after engine shut-down due to low oil pressure.
4 Nov 1997 MUNICH, GERMANY Aero Lloyd MD83 from Munich, Germany to Cairo, Egypt
with 136 pax got left engine fire 30 mins. into the flight. On-board equipment set out the fire,
return to Munich safe.
25 Oct 1997 HELSINKI, FINLAND Finnair MD82 from London to Helsinki, Finland with 40
pax had a near-miss when a Finnair DC9-51 heading out of Helsinki overclimbed close to the
crossing MD's approach path above Vihti, Finland at 11,000 ft.
1 Oct 1997 MIAMI, USA American MD82 from Chicago to Miami, USA with 89 pax flew into
clear air turbulence jolt at 33,000 ft above Florida; a flight attendant broke her wrist and one
passenger got hurt. Landing safe.
25 Sep 1997 NEW ORLEANS, USA TWA MD83 from St.Louis to New Orleans, USA with 130
pax overran wet runway on landing, getting stuck in the mud. Normal deplaning, no damages,
no injuries.
1 Sep 1997 SEATTLE, USA Alaska MD82 from Los Angeles to Seattle, USA with 111 pax had
nose gear collapse and slide in slowed down landing roll out. 15 pax got cuts and bruises in
slide evacuation; Seattle-Tacoma airport was closed down for 10 minutes.
9 Aug 1997 ALICANTE, SPAIN Finnair MD83 from Helsinki, Finland to Alicante, Spain with
156 pax was hit by hail-storm when descending through 29,000 ft. Windshield cracked and
nose radome was damaged beyond repair. Landing uneventful, no casualties.
23 Jul 1997 LONDON, UK
Onur Air MD88 landing at London-Gatwick, UK with 157 pax had problems extending landing
gear, due to incorrectly set hydraulic pumps. Emergency extension was selected, which leaves
gear doors open. Doors hit runway, sending debris into left engine. No injuries.
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20 Jul 1997 DALIAN, CHINA China Northern MD82 with 126 pax aborted take-off in Dalian,
China after auto-throttle failure and veered off runway end with undercarriage collapsed and
nose-gear pushed into avionics bay. Damage extensive, no report on casualties.
9 Jul 1997 BALTIMORE, USA Air Aruba MD83 from Aruba to Newark, USA diverted to
Baltimore/Washington and was boarded by police to keep angry pax on the plane and out of
the cockpit after more than two hours waiting on ground.
17 Jun 1997 LAS VEGAS, USA Reno Air MD83 from Las Vegas to Colorado Springs, USA with
140 pax had left engine failure within seconds after take-off. Engine cowling was punched and
aircraft structures had minor damages, but flight returned to Las Vegas uneventfully without
anybody injured.
13 May 1997 NEW YORK, USA Delta MD88 at New York/La Guardia, USA, boarding for
Dallas was hit at right wing by an 18-wheel tire-delivery truck, pushing the plane 1.5 m off the
jetway tube at gate. One of the 106 pax stepped into the gap, fell to the ground and got hurt.
8 May 1997 STAVANGER, NORWAY Scandinavian SAS MD81 from Stavanger to Bergen,
Norway with 117 pax returned to base 14 minutes after takeoff after birdstrike killed one
engine. No injuries.
28 Apr 1997 TUCSON, USA American MD82 from Tucson to Dallas, USA with 118 pax lost
fan blade parts of left engine on take-off and got tailpipe fire. After return to Tucson, slide
evacuation was stopped by fire-fighters who saw the blaze was out and the danger was over.
Engine parts were found shattered in housing area near the
airport. No injuries.
26 Apr 1997 ST LOUIS, USA American MD82/83 from Dallas to Chicago, USA with 105 pax
diverted to St. Louis when a passenger's carry-on luggage leaked ammonia. Teary eyes, but no
injuries.
10 Apr 1997 JOENSUU, FINLAND Sunways MD83 from Jyväskylä via Joensuu, Finland to
Antalya, Turkey with 166 pax overran runway by 50 m when landing in Joensuu, ending up 10
m from airport security fence. No injuries.
4 Apr 1997 SAN JOSÉ, USA Reno Air MD83 from San Jos‚ to Las Vegas, USA with 111 pax
near collision with Cessna 172 on take-off. The private plane got into the flight-path of the MD
after taking off from a parallell runway. Distance between the planes reported to be less than
50 m. No injuries.
21 Mar 1997 SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB, USA Delta MD88 from Washington D.C to Orlando,
USA with 138 pax diverted to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, when small electric fire caused
cabin smoke. Emergency landing executed in 7 minutes. Normal disembarkation, no injuries.
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14 Mar 1997 DETROIT, USA Reno Air MD87 from Detroit to Reno, USA with 106 pax had
compressor stalls on both engines at less than 100 m altitude after take-off due to ice ingestion.
Pilots managed to level out, climb to 900 m and land again. No injuries.
9 Mar 1997 KIRUNA, SWEDEN Scandinavian MD81 from Stockholm to Kiruna, Sweden with
151 pax skid off runway landing in heavy snow-storm, smoothly decelerating in 400 m in kneehigh snow and ending up in a snowdrift. Slide evacuation, one injury; airplane's gear damaged.
Communication between ATC and pilots was found inadequate, causing landing in crosswind
component beyond limits.
5 Mar 1997 CLEVELAND, USA American MD82 from Dallas to Cleveland, USA with 103 pax
skid off runway on landing in snowy conditions, collapsing right main gear. Evacuation through
slides, 5 injuries reported.
28 Feb 1997 ATLANTA, USA American MD82/83 from West Palm Beach to Chicago, USA
encountered turbulence at 9,200 m over Atlanta. Six unbelted injured, among them flight
attendants and people in the lavatories.
DALLAS, USA
American MD82/83 from Dallas to New York-La Guardia departed with 51 pax, and a mop-head
inside right engine cowling. Mechanics found the mop after the plane had to turn back after a
bird-strike. The airline encourages staff "not to leave things where they are not supposed to
be". The mop never caused any danger.
DALLAS, USA
American MD82/83 from Dallas to New York-LaGuardia was near to collide with a United B737.
Lining up for landing, the 737, flying in first, aborted approach. When ATC suggested the MD80
to do likewise, both planes got less than 20 m from eachother on ascent, at 600 m.
17 Feb 1997 NEW YORK, USA Continental MD82 from Denver to New York/Newark with 141
pax suffered nose gear collapse on landing in New York. No injuries, no emergency evacuation.
7 Feb 1997 NEW MEXICO AIRSPACE, USA American MD82/83 over New Mexico, USA got 5
kms from collision with two U.S Air Force F-16 straying away from training air space. Warning
system alerted MD80 crew, who climbed to safer altitude.
10 Jan 1997 DALLAS, USA American MD82/83 from Richmond to Dallas, USA with 59 pax
suffered hydraulic failure on landing in Dallas. Despite normal landing, the plane was evacuated
due to smoke in the cabin. One minor injury.
7 Jan 1997 BERLIN, GERMANY Austrian MD87 from Berlin, Germany to Vienna, Austria with
28 pax was hijacked in Czech air-space by a 39-year-old Bosnian citizen, demanding to fly to
the U.S or Switzerland after expiry of his German residence permit. The flight returned to
Berlin, where a security guard entered the plane and threw the hijacker, armed with only a
knife, out of the front door. Given a long sentence, the hijacker later took his life in a German
prison
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2 Jan 1997 RENO/LAKE TAHOE, USA Two Reno Air MD83 threatened by flooding Truckee
River, while on ground at homebase in Reno/Lake Tahoe, USA.
12 Dec 1996 MADRID, SPAIN Iberia MD87 from Lisbon, Portugal to Madrid, Spain with 103
pax aquaplanned when landing in Madrid. The plane ran 50 m off the end of the runway with
nose gear stuck in the mud. Nobody hurt; plane was evacuated because of a little smoke.
5 Dec 1996 COLORADO AIR SPACE, USA American MD82/83 from Dallas to Salt Lake City,
USA with 69 pax got into rough turbulence at 7,000 m above Colorado injuring 16 persons onboard; two flight attendants most seriously injured. The plane continued to its destination but
was pulled from service for total check.
23 Nov 1996 DALLAS, USA American MD82 from Dallas, USA to Acapulco, Mexico with 114
pax suffered engine collapse during take-off from Dallas/DFW. Turbine debris punched a 8 x 20
cm hole in engine case and take-off was aborted. Three passengers and two emergency
workers injured during slide evacuation on taxiway
12 Nov 1996 LONDON, UK Scandinavian MD81 from Aarhus, Denmark to London with 70
pax was reportedly 2 secs from collision with a KLM B737 when holding for London/Heathrow.
At 4,300 m above Lambourne, Essex, the KLM plane erroneously descended below its
designated flight path 300 m higher. ATC alert avoided collision.
11 Nov 1996 CLEVELAND, USA Delta MD88 from Atlanta ran off winter-slippery runway on
landing in Cleveland, USA. No injuries among 118 pax; minor damage to the plane.
4 Nov 1996 ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND Austrian MD81 from Zurich to Vienna returned to
airport after cabin door, not properly latched by a catering employee, blew open 3-4 cms during
climb at 1,500 m. Landing complicated due to dense fog. No injuries.
2 Nov 1996 CALGARY, CANADA American MD82 in Calgary, Canada took off twice, both
times with smoke of burned plastic in cabin. First return to base declared emergency, second
time standard landing. No injuries.
1 Nov 1996 KAJAANI, FINLAND Sunways MD83 with 137 pax bound for Turkey returned to
base after trying take-off with broken fan stage blade edge on #1 engine. The crew had flown
the aircraft knowing of the engine failure from Turkey to Cologne, Germany and further ferried
to Kajaani without any steps to repair the engine.
28 Oct 1996 NEW YORK, USA American MD82 from Chicago to New York diverted from
LaGuardia airport to a longer runway of JFK international airport, when nose-gear did not
deploy. Three slight injuries among 85 pax and crew of five. No fire when nose skidded
along the asphalt.
19 Oct 1996 NEW YORK, USA Delta MD88 from Atlanta to New York hit approach light
stanchion on stormy-weather landing at LaGuardia airport. Captain's non-authorized combo of
contact lenses contributed to the accident, because his depth-vision was found inadequate. On
touch-down the main gear collapsed, the plane skidded on its belly and turned about 180
degrees before halting. Out of 55 pax, four were slightly injured at evacuation.
13 Oct 1996 PRISTINA, YUGOSLAVIA Crossair MD82 got stuck in the mud after taxiing off
taxiway after landing in Pristina, Yugoslavia. Right wingtip touched ground; recovery took two
days. No injuries.
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5 Sep 1996 NEW YORK, USA Continental MD82 from New York/LaGuardia to Cleveland, USA
was evacuated on the taxiway in New York after engine flame set fire to tail cone. Out of 89
pax and crew of five, six persons got slight injuries at the evacuation.
2 Aug 1996 HOUSTON, USA Continental MD82 from Houston to Boston, USA returned safely
to base after pizzas caught fire in rear galley oven. No injuries among 123 pax or crew of five,
who put out the fire with extinguishers.
13 Jul 1996 DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY Centennial Airlines MD83 from Düsseldorf, Germany
to Las Palmas, Canary Isles, Spain had an uncontained engine failure. No injuries.
6 Jul 1996 PENSACOLA, USA Delta MD88 aborted take-off in Pensacola, USA when left
engine blew up on full power apply. Fan blade debris sliced rear of cabin, killing two of 142
passengers bound for Atlanta.
13 Jun 1996 ATLANTA, USA Delta MD88 from Atlanta to Dallas, USA with 131 pax turned
back after damaged fan blade shot through engine cowling. No injuries.
3 Jun 1996 OKLAHOMA CITY, USA American MD82 from El Paso to Chicago, USA with 56
pax flew into heavy turbulence and diverted to Oklahoma City with seven passengers and two
flight attendants injured.
12 Apr 1996 DALLAS, USA American MD82/83 from Dallas to Pittsburgh, USA got into severe
windshear, lost 80 km/h of airspeed and was near a crash. The plane diverted to Tulsa to check
out the airframe, but no irregularities were found. No injuries.
1 Apr 1996 DENVER, USA Continental MD82/83 from Las Vegas to Cleveland, USA with 141
pax got problems with cabin pressure and made an emergency landing in Denver. Five persons
had minor injuries.
8 Feb 1996 CLEVELAND, USA Continental MD81 climbing out of Cleveland, USA had
problems to lock flaps retracted because of a worn and dirty handle in cockpit. Return to airport
safe.
4 Feb 1996 DENVER, USA Delta MD88 from Dallas to Denver, USA with 115 pax lost
sufficient airspeed at about 70 m above ground and slammed into runway with 5,5 g, causing
the airframe substantial damage. No injuries. No other cause found than pilot error.
31 Jan 1996 OSLO, NORWAY Scandinavian SAS MD81 bound for Oslo, Norway had right
wingtip buckled at London/Heathrow gate by water bowser, which cancelled the flight for 130
pax.
28 Jan 1996 ATLANTA, USA Delta MD88 on final approach to Atlanta, USA, had problems to
have autopilot disconnected before touchdown.
6 Jan 1996 NEW YORK, USA Delta MD88 from New York- J.F.Kennedy to Ft. Lauderdale,
USA had a near-miss with an American A300 at take-off. Delta crew initiated take-off roll too
early due to confusion with another flight with same number, and managed to rotate less than
300 m away from the Airbus, in from Montego Bay, Jamaica, crossing the runway on taxiing to
the terminal.
1 Jan 1996 TAMPA, USA Continental MD81 landed in Tampa, USA, after changes in cabin
pressure at 9,500 m altitude. The plane descended to 3,000 m and oxygen masks suddenly
deployed with the exception for some 20 masks that did not work.
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