Accident · 1997-07-31
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-07-31
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (N611FE)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- FEDERAL EXPRESS, INC.
Probable cause
The captain's overcontrol of the airplane during the landing and his failure to execute a go-around from a destabilized flare. Contributing to the accident was the captain's concern with touching down early to ensure adequate stopping distance.
Source: NTSB case DCA97MA055Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.