- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | March 18, 1989 |
Time: | 0215 |
Location: | Carswell AFB, Texas |
Operator: | Evergreen International Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Fort Worth, TX - Oklahoma City, OK |
AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33RC |
Registration: | N931F |
cn / ln: | 47192/287 |
Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The loss of control of the airplane for undetermined reasons following the in-flight opening of the improperly latched cargo door. Contributing to the accident were inadequate procedures used by Evergreen Airlines and approved by the FAA for pre-flight verification of external cargo door lock pin manual control handle, and the failure of McDonnell Douglas to provide flight crew guidance and emergency procedures for an in-flight opening of the cargo door. Also contributing to the accident was the failure of the FAA to mandate modification to the door-open warning system for DC-9 cargo-configured airplanes, given the previously known occurrences of in-flight door openings. |
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