On January 23, 1982, World Airways, Inc., Flight 30H, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF, was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Oakland, California, to Boston, Massachusetts, with an en route stop at Newark, New Jersey. Following a nonprecision instrument approach to runway 15R at Boston-Logan International Airport, the airplane touched down about 2,800 feet beyond the displaced threshold of the 9,191-foot usable part of the runway. About 1936:40, the airplane veered to avoid the approach light pier at the departure end of the runway and slid into the shallow water of Boston Harbor. The nose section separated from the fuselage in the impact after the airplane dropped from the shore embankment. Of the 212 persons on board, 2 persons are missing and presumed dead. The other persons onboard evacuated the airplane safely, some with injuries. The weather was 800-foot overcast, 2 1/2-miles visibility, with light rain and fog. The temperature was 38 degrees with the wind from 165 degrees at 3 kns. The surface of runway 15R was covered with hard-packed snow and glaze ice overlaid with rainwater. Runway braking was reported by a ground vehicle 2 hours before the accident as 'fair to poor'; subsequently, several pilots had reported braking as 'poor', and one pilot had reported braking as 'poor to nil'.
Aircraft Accident Report - World Airways, Inc., Flight 30H, McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF, N113WA, Boston-Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, January 23, 1982
1985
152 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
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Analysis of aircraft surface motion at Boston Logan International Airport
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