MD80 Hard Landing

[bittercottoncandy]

Well, the tail is overrated anyway...

[megashegem]

Anybody see a guy fly out the back sitting on the crapper?

[Blue387]

That will buff right out.

[luckysod04]

please remain seated until your section of the plane has come to a complete stop

[danielc365]

It appears to be major stress to the tail section of the fusealage and as we all know the weakest point of any commercial aircraft is the tail section and the MD-80 and 81 have the worst history behind them horrible aircraft im surprised they even made it this far in aviation i could just tell by looking at it its a trouble aircraft one of the most in aviation accidents.

[daytonaflyer]

@danielc365 Dude, you have no idea what you are talking about. The MD-80 is a very reliable airplane and has been flying safely for over 30 years. It has some of the highest flying times of any airplane and one of the best safety records in the history of airliners.

[kcran5671]

Kinda makes you think what all those cumulative "minor hard" landings have done to the plane you're flying in...

[MrZonorous]

The full NTSB report can be found here: libraryonline.erau.edu/online-­­­full-text/ntsb/aircraft-acci­d­e­nt-reports/AAR82-02.pdf

"The aircraft was on a certification test flight to determine the horizontal distance required to land and bring the aircraft to a full stop as required by 14 CFR 25.125 when the accident occurred."

"Seven crewmembers were on board; one crewmember, a flight test engineer, broke his left ankle when the aircraft touched down."

[kcran5671]

It was a textbook landing...extra points for making the fuselage "noodle" and for losing the tail. That pilot has bragging rights for ahwile.

[jimmydcap]

Pilot to co pilot.. whats that WOOOSHing sound.

[velisarios2]

md 80 & 81 alte kiste These types have the most crashes in avation history...

[jaydubF1]

This was fuselage #909; test AC to certify the type MD-80. FAA pilot was flying at the time. The crew knew it was a hard landing, but didn't realize how hard until they opened the cockpit door and saw the runway out the aft cabin door.

I worked there at the time as a mechanical engineer.

[mdmnmdllr]

This was a test flight, people. MDD was testing the aircraft under exceptionally hard landing conditions - rate of descent was somewhere around 15-16 feet per second, and opposed to a MUCH more normal 4 to 6. The result was just what you see. Again, this was a test - although I don't know flight crew expected this result.

Suffice to say there'll be no carrier landings for this plane, ever! 9-)

[keinpostmann]

I got this video passed to me today from the AF source I usually get cool stuff from. He says this plane was a test fuselage #909 and was rebuilt after this test and continued on for 2 decades in service to MDC as a test aircraft. This is why I will not ride anything besides American non-composite airframes. This would have destroyed most any other plane and if loaded with passengers would have been a disaster. The intention was 12 FPS and in actuality came down at 17 FPS. Bravo MDC & crew

[IceBreaker832]

wtf was the pilot doing?? amagine sitting in those chairs when and looking back at the ground. that would suck.

[airplanebuilderman]

they stressed the heck outta the airframe

[lowcostvideos]

It's amazing the tail broke before the landing gear.