McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N113WA

Summary

On 24 January 1982 at about 00:37 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 registered N113WA, operated by World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident near Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 212 people were on board and 2 died, 4 were seriously injured, 24 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 January 1982 at 00:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Boston-Logan Inter'l

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

Registration

N113WA

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

World Airways, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Newark → Boston

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DCA82AA013

2 people died.

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, PLT ACKD RCPT OF ATIS INFO & FLD COND RPRT, BOTH IN DCG BRAKING ACTION "FAIR TO POOR." HE WAS NOT ADZD OF 3 PLTRPRTS OF BRAKING ACTION "POOR TO NIL" OR "POOR." ACFT WAS CLRD FOR VOR/DME APCH TO RWY 15R. DUE TO PSBL WND SHEAR, 35 DEG OF FLAPS (INSTEAD OF 50) WAS EXTDD DRG APCH. AUTOTHROTTLE/SOD CTL (AT/SC) WAS USED TO CTL SPD (APRX 10 KT HI) DRG APCH. THE HIGHER SPD WAS ACCEPTED IAW CO SOP, BUT THE AT/SC WAS USED THRU-OUT THE FLARE. THE ACFT TCHD DWN APRX 2500' BYD THE DSPLCD THRESHOLD WITH ABOUT 6690' RMNG. (NO LGTD RWY DSTC MKRS AVBL.) ALL DCLRTV DEVICES WERE USED TO SLOW THE ACFT, BUT IT CONTD BYD END OF RWY & WENT OVR A SEA WALL. INV REVEALED PRECIP HAD RFZN TO FROM GLAZE ICE. OF 14 PLTS, 9 HAD NOT VOLUNTEERED BRAKING ACTION RPRTS & TWR DID NOT ASK FOR RPRTS DRG CONTD PRECIP. ATIS NOT UPDATED FOR 2 HRS. FAA REGS LACK GUIDANCE TO ARPT MNGMNT FOR MEASUREMENT OF RWY SLICKNESS, LACKED MEANS OF CORRELATING SLICK RWY SFC WITH ACFT STOP DSTC, DID NOT EXTD AUTH RWY LENGTHS FOR ICY RWYS. ARPT MNGMNT DID NOT INSP/IMPROVE RWY COND AFT BRKG RPRTD POOR/NIL

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.