On February 28, 1984, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Stockholm, Sweden, to New York City, New York, with an en route stop at Oslo, Norway. Following an approach to runway 4 right at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, the airplane touched down about 4,700 ft beyond the threshold of the 8,400-foot runway and could not be stopped on the runway. The airplane was steered to the right to avoid the approach light pier at the departure end of the runway and came to rest in Thurston Basin, a tidal waterway. The 163 passengers and 14 crewmembers evacuated the airplane safely, but a few received minor injuries. The nose and lower forward fuselage sections, wing engines, flaps, and leading edge devices were substantially damaged at impact. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the flightcrew's disregard for prescribed procedures for monitoring and controlling of airspeed during the final stages of the approach, and overreliance on the autothrottle speed control system which had a history of recent malfunctions.
Aircraft Accident Report - Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901, McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York, February 28, 1984
1984
90 pages
Report
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English