NTSB Animation Hard Landing, Gear Collapse Federal Express Flight 647 Boeing MD-10-10F

Courtesy NTSB

Executive Summary: On December 18, 2003, about 1226 central standard time, Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) flight 647, a Boeing MD-10-10F (MD-10), N364FE, crashed while landing at Memphis International Airport (MEM), Memphis, Tennessee. The right main landing gear collapsed after touchdown on runway 36R, and the airplane veered off the right side of the runway. After the gear collapsed, a fire developed on the right side of the airplane. Of the two flight crewmembers and five nonrevenue FedEx pilots on board the airplane, the first officer and one nonrevenue pilot received minor injuries during the evacuation. The postcrash fire destroyed the airplanes right wing and portions of the right side of the fuselage. Flight 647 departed from Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK), Oakland, California, about 0832 (0632 Pacific standard time) and was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 on an instrument flight rules flight plan.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable causes of the accident were 1) the first officers failure to properly apply crosswind landing techniques to align the airplane with the runway centerline and to properly arrest the airplanes descent rate (flare) before the airplane touched down; and 2) the captains failure to adequately monitor the first officers performance and command or initiate corrective action during the final approach and landing.

The safety issues in this report focus on flight crew performance, emergency evacuations, MEM air traffic control and aircraft rescue and firefighting issues, and flight data recorder reliability.

Hard Landing, Gear Collapse
Federal Express Flight 647
Boeing MD-10-10F, N364FE
Memphis, Tennessee
December 18, 2003

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[BA0084]

just like this accident, the comments have driven off the runway and crashed.

[umahuma4]

This isnt a fucking game you fucking oblivious douchebag.

[mceyran]

@SgtRevan Well at least it is in the METAR :) and 14 knots is the maximum allowed landing crosswind for the single prop Cessna's. 70 degrees means that around 11 knots is the component pushing you to the right. At 135 knots landing speed, this means you need to turn 8 percent to the left, which is an angle of around 7-8 degrees, which is what we can see here. You can also see how fast the airspeed alternates, which means the winds are gusting a little.

[SgtRevan]

@mceyran You sure it was 14 knots? I would figure that would be a piece of cake for a large jet. That thing is crabbed like a 152 with a 6-7 knot crosswind component.

[kristianfogdal]

@mceyran nice explain x) i know all that stuff my self but pritty good explain x)

[mceyran]

METAR data was: Date: 12/18/03 14 UTC

KMEM 181353Z 29014KT 10SM FEW150 06/00 A3006 which means wind from 290 degrees at 14 knots, which means runway 27 was the optimal runway but not used. In the simulation you can see that a right runway was used, which leads to 36R since the wind must be coming from the left, which it does from 70 degrees.

[mceyran]

@FlightSimmer948 Should be around 12 knots.

[FlightSimmer948]

what was the crosswind in this landing?

[xitoroman]

Like me on flight simulator !!!!!

[yoyoyoyoshua]

@calltipv2 what the hell. if it was a game then the graphics suck. it's a animation

[TheKidzcomedy]

@bennyworldwide Pilot Error

[bennyworldwide]

So what was the real problem? Was is pilot error, mechanical, runway conditions , etc .... ????????