- Delta Air Lines Flight 9570
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Delta Air Lines Flight 9570 Accident summary Date 30 May 1972 Type wake turbulence Site Greater Southwest International Airport, Fort Worth, Texas Passengers 0 Crew 4 Injuries 0 Fatalities 4 Survivors 0 Aircraft type McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Operator Delta Air Lines Tail number N3305L Delta Air Lines Flight 9570 crashed on 30 May 1972 at the Greater Southwest International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas while conducting a training flight. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14, began to oscillate about the roll axis after crossing the runway threshold during a landing approach, then rolled rapidly to the right and struck the runway with the right wing low. This flight's crash has been attributed to wake turbulence behind a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 that made a touch-and-go landing ahead of it. The plane's occupants consisted of three pilots and an FAA inspector, all of whom were killed in the crash and subsequent fire. The resulting investigation prompted changes to the minimum distance that aircraft must keep when following "heavy" aircraft.[1][2]
References
- ^ NTSB Aircraft Accident Report, dated 13 March 1973, URL retrieved 25 February 2007
- ^ Job, Macarthur (1994). Air Disaster, Volume 1. Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory: Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd. pp. 79–87. ISBN 1875671110.
See also
- Lists of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
- Air safety
← 1971 · Aviation accidents and incidents in 1972 · 1973 → Jan 12 Braniff Flight 38
Jan 26 JAT Yugoslav Flight 367
Mar 03 Mohawk Airlines Flight 405
Mar 14 Sterling Airways Flight 296
Mar 19 EgyptAir Flight 763
May 05 Alitalia Flight 112
May 08 Sabena Flight 571
May 18 Eastern Air Lines Flight 346
May 30 Delta Air Lines Flight 9570
May 30 Lod Airport massacreJun 12 American Airlines Flight 96
Jun 14 Japan Airlines Flight 471
Jun 15 Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z
Jun 18 British European Airways Flight 548
Jun 24 Prinair Flight 191
Jul 05 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708
Jul 31 Delta Air Lines Flight 841
Aug 14 Königs Wusterhausen disaster
Aug 16 Burma Airways Thandwe crash
Sep 24 Japan Airlines Flight 472Oct 13 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Nov 10 Southern Airways Flight 49
Nov 15 Ansett Airlines Flight 232
Nov 28 Philippine Airlines Flight 463
Nov 28 Japan Airlines Flight 446
Dec 08 United Airlines Flight 553
Dec 23 Braathens Flight 239
Dec 29 Eastern Air Lines Flight 401Incidents resulting in at least 50 deaths shown in italics. Deadliest incident shown in bold smallcaps. Coordinates: 32°49′48.74″N 97°2′56.28″W / 32.8302056°N 97.0489667°W
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