Boeing 737-222 N752N

Summary

On 26 October 1986 at about 00:08 local time, a Boeing 737-222 registered N752N, operated by Piedmont Airlines, was involved in an accident near Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. 119 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured, 31 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 October 1986 at 00:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Charlotte Douglas Intl

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737-222

Registration

N752N

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Piedmont Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Newark → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DCA87AA006

3 people were seriously injured.

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

DRG ARR, PIEDMONT FLT 467 WAS VECTORED FOR AN ILS RWY 36R APCH. AT 2001 CDT (APRX 7 MIN BFR LNDG), ALL ARRG FLTS WERE ADZD THE WX WAS (IN PART): 400' OVC, VIS 2 MI WITH LGT RAIN & FOG, WND FM 090 AT 8 KTS. RWY 5/32 WAS OUT-OF-SVC AT THAT TIME. FLT 467 WAS VECTORED FOR RGT TURNS (FM NORTH & WEST) ONTO FINAL APCH. AT 2002:42, THE ATC FINAL CTLR TOLD ANOTHER FLT (SAME FREQ) THAT THERE WAS A 20 TO 25 KT RGT X-WND ON FINAL APCH. WHEN FLT 467 WAS CLRD FOR LNDG AT 2005:36, THE SFCWND WAS RPRTD FM 100 DEG AT 4 KTS. THE ACFT WAS NOT CONFIGURED FOR LNDG UNTIL JUST BFR TCHDWN & THE COPLT DID NOT ALERT THE CAPT OF THE DEV. THE ACFT LNDD APRX 3200' FM THE THRESHOLD & THE CAPT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE WET RWY. AFTER DEPG THE RWY, THE ACFT HIT AN ILS ANTENNA & A CULVERT, THEN WENT THRU A FENCE & STOPPED BESIDE RAILROAD TRACKS. RPRTDLY, THE CAPT ADDED 20 KTS TO APCH SPD FOR PSBL WND SHEAR & DELAYED SPOILER OPN AFTER TCHDWN. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF HYDROPLANING & POOR FRICTIONAL QUALITY ON LAST 1500' OF RWY. THREE PAX RCVD BACK INJURIES; BOTH PLTS & 1 F/A HAD MINOR INJURIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.