Accident · 1994-06-29

NTSB case MIA94FA169 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-11 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1994-06-29
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-11 (N1752K)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

THE RESERVE FIRST OFFICER'S UNAUTHORIZED MOVEMENT OF THE FIRST OFFICER'S SEAT DURING FLIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN THE FIRST OFFICER'S LEGS BEING FORCED AGAINST THE CONTROL COLUMN, PUSHING IT FORWARD, AND DISCONNECTING THE AUTOPILOT. THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT PITCHING DOWN AND SUBJECTING THE OCCUPANTS TO NEGATIVE G FORCES, RESULTING IN INJURIES.

Source: NTSB case MIA94FA169

Flight 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.

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