On January 23, 1982, World Airways, Inc., Flight 30H, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, 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 2,500 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 forward fuselage in the impact after the airplane dropped from the shore embankment. Of the 212 persons on board, two are missing and presumed dead. The others evacuated the airplane safely, but with some injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot landed the airplane without sufficient information as to runway conditions on a slippery, ice-covered runway, the condition of which exceeded the airplane's stopping capability. The lack of adequate information with respect to the runway was due to the fact that the FAA regulations did not provide guidance to airport management regarding the measurement of runway slipperiness under adverse conditions.
Aircraft Accident Report - World Airways, Inc., Flight 30H, McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF, N113WA, Boston-Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, January 23, 1982
1982
109 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Aeronautics , Aviation accidents , Accident investigations , Runways , Instrument landing , Fog , Ice , Pavements , Braking , Skid resistance , Casualties , Injuries , Damage , Massachusetts , DC-10-30 aircraft , Logan International Airport , Boston(Massachusetts) , Human factors , Federal Aviation Administration
Analysis of aircraft surface motion at Boston Logan International Airport
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