DC-9 Hard Landing

[WhisperJet]

There are hard landings and there are very hard landings...

http://avherald.com/h?article=4438e8ff&opt=0

Glad noone was harmed...

Nick

[Garry Russell]

That's be a write off I think

[DaveB]

Deary do.. at least the tail didn't come off!

ATB
DaveB

[Garry Russell]

That would be interesting to model that failure with damage parts in FS

[DaveB]

Indeed mate.. nowt like seeing your fuse represented as a sine wave rather than a straight tube The good thing is.. we could do that in FSA and get away with it

ATB
DaveB

[TobyV]

I've never flown in a Douglas product newer than a DC-3. Kinda glad about that one way and another. As a kid, I never ever wanted to go in a DC-10 after watching the Sioux City incident on the news. Ironically, about 15 years later, the first time I set foot inside (part of) a DC-10, it nearly chopped me in two!

[FlyTexas]

Ironically, about 15 years later, the first time I set foot inside (part of) a DC-10, it nearly chopped me in two!

What happened?

Brian

[VEGAS]

Christ..I've never seen that occur before. Must of been one hell of a slam dunk.

[TobyV]

Ironically, about 15 years later, the first time I set foot inside (part of) a DC-10, it nearly chopped me in two!

What happened?

Brian

I won't go into too many specifics about where or what, as it was probably all against EHS, but an entrance through which the two persons accompanying me (quite legitimately I might add) had just entered decided to close itself whilst I was attempting to enter. I've not jumped so quickly before or since I'm not particularly tall (5'6"/5'7"ish) with short legs and this didn't help the situation

[Chris Trott]

Never heard of a DC-10 door "self closing" at a speed that would be dangerous. They have 3 drive modes (electric, pneumatic, and manual) that are designed to prevent a "freefall" of the doors. Heard of L1011 doors doing it though as they're either electric or mechanical with no real freefall protection.

As for the aircraft, generally the DC's are built like brick sh*thouses. Consider this - do the same thing with a 727 and you'll get the same result. Do it with a 737 and you'll get a broken plane (wing root joins likely to fail with that kind of impact, if they don't, there a good chance the engine pylons will). Generally, the DC's are as or more safe than the Boeings and light-years better at taking punishment than the Airbuses which assume that the pilot can actually land the airplane, not make a barely controlled crash (which is how Douglas and Boeing designed their airplanes and then proved in their tests - see the MD-80 video linked in the post).

If you get a chance, try flying a Douglas before they're all gone. They're good planes, and most of the crews adore them.