Plane Crash List

Boeing 727-200 N400DL

16 April 1985 · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 April 1985 at about 22:25 local time, a Boeing 727-200 registered N400DL was involved in an incident near Washington, District of Columbia, United States. 129 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 22:25
Classification
Incident
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Nearest airport
Washingon National (DCA)
Coordinates
38.9101, -77.0201
Aircraft
Boeing 727-200
Registration
N400DL
Category
Airplane
Engines
3
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Boston → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
BFO85IA036

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
129 0 0 0 129

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 36 AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT, WASHINGTON, D.C., THE PILOT WAS GIVEN A CHANGE OF LNDG RWYS BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC ON RWY 36. DRNG THE ENSUING REALIGNMENT THE CPT TOOK THE CTLS AND LNDG THE ACFT, SCRAPING THE RIGHT WING ON THE RUNWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE FDR INDICATED THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN 10 KNOTS BELOW STALL SPEED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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