Accident · 1996-02-04
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-02-04
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-88 (N957DL)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- DELTA AIR LINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- DELTA AIR LINES
Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient airspeed to properly flare the airplane during the landing.
Source: NTSB case FTW96LA111Flight 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.