Project Summary: Aviation Investigation - 74 Docket Items - DCA97MA059

Description: DC-8-61

Mode: Aviation

NTSB Number: DCA97MA059

Date of Accident: 08/07/1997

City: MIAMI

State/Region: FL

Country: United States

Project Type: Investigation

Docket Information

Creation Date: 11/04/1997

Last Modified: 05/28/2014 9:44 AM

Public Release Date & Time: 11/07/1997 2:32 PM


Docket Table of Contents

Docket Items: 74
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1 Operations/Human Performance 2 - Group Chairman's Factual Report 72 0 Adobe PDF file View
2 Operations/Human Performance 2 - Attachments to Factual Report of Group Chairman 93 0 Adobe PDF file View
3 Operations/Human Performance 2 - Addendum 1 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 26 0 Adobe PDF file View
4 Operations/Human Performance 2 - Addendum 2 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
5 Structures 7 - Factual Report of Group Chairman (Part 1) 14 0 Adobe PDF file View
6 Structures 7 - Photo 1. Exemplar Locking Pawl Assemblies as Received 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
7 Structures 7 - Photo 2. Locking Pawl Assembly Secured in Test Fixturing 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
8 Structures 7 - Photo 3. Locking Pawl Assembly during Fully Locked Posiiton Load Test 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
9 Structures 7 - Photo 4. Breakage of the Lock base after Fully Locked Position Load Test 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
10 Structures 7 - Photo 5. Locking Pawl Assembly and Loading Block for the Partially Locked Position Load Test 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
11 Structures 7 - Photo 6. Locking Pawl Assembly after the Partially Locked Position Load Test 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
12 Structures 7 - Photo 7. Deformation of the backside of the Forward Locking Pawl after the Partially Locked Position Load Test 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
13 Structures 7 - Photo 8. Locking Pawl Assembly during Inverted Compression Load Test 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
14 Structures 7 - Factual Report of Group Chairman (Part 2) 25 0 Adobe PDF file View
15 Structures 7 - Appendix A - Metro Dade Police Department Diagram 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
16 Structures 7 - Photo 1. View of N27UA crash debris line. (A) Runway 09L and 27R (B) Right stabilizer initial contact with ground (C) Aft fuselage collided with ground (D) Left outboard stabilizer tip embedded in middle b 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
17 Structures 7 - Photo 2. View of N27UA crash debris line. (A) Separated right wing (B) Dairy Road (C) No. 1 einge (D) No. 2 engine (E) No. 3 engine (F) No. 4 engine (G) Left wing and center wing section 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
18 Structures 7 - Photo 3. View of N27UA crash debris line looking to the west. (A) Right stabilizer contact with ground. (B) Aft fuselage collision with ground (C) stabilizer tip embedded in middle marker building 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
19 Structures 7 - Photo 4. View of N27UA crash debris line looking to the west. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
20 Structures 7 - Photo 5. View of left stabilizer with a section of the right stabilizer embedded in left elevator. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
21 Structures 7 - Photo 6. View of aft fuselage close out bulkhead/cargo liner separated from the aft pressure bulkhead. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
22 Structures 7 - Photo 7. View of the vertical stabilizer and aft pressure bulkhead. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
23 Structures 7 - Photo 8. View of the tail cone. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
24 Structures 7 - Photo 9. Right view of the center wing section looking at the trailing edge of the wing. Note right wing has separated. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
25 Structures 7 - Photo 10. View of right wing. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
26 Structures 7 - Photo 11. View of center wing section and left wing. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
27 Structures 7 - Photo 12. View of center wing section separated from the forward fuselage at the leading edge of the left and right wing. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
28 Structures 7 - Photo 13. View of the forward fuselage lookingh rearward with the 9g cargo restraint separated from the fuselage and cockpit area. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
29 Structures 7 - Photo 14. View of cockpit area with pilot's control pedestal located on top of inverted automobile. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
30 Structures 7 - Photo 15. View of flight engineer's control panel looking forward towards the front of the airplane. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
31 Structures 7 - Photo 16. View of the cargo flooring separated aft of the pallet 18 position with the fixed pallet stop. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
32 Structures 7 - Photo 17. View of the aft cargo flooring looking forward from the 17/18 pallet lock position to the 11/12 posiiton. Note the 17/18-1 pallet lock is in the locked position. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
33 Structures 7 - Photo 18. View of the 17/18-1 pallet lock in the locked position. Note that pallet locks 2 through 5 are in the down position. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
34 Structures 7 - Photo 19. View of the cargo flooring looking aft from the 11/12 pallet lock posiiton towards the 17/18 pallet lock position. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
35 Structures 7 - Photo 20. View of the 7/8-5 pallet lock in the unlocked position. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
36 Structures 7 - Photo 21. View of the lateral locks prior to the recovery of the No. 3 lateral lock. Note that the No. 1 lock is in the locked position. All other lateral locks were found in the down position. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
37 Structures 7 - Photo 22. View of pallet locks found in the vicinity of pallet stations 6 and 7. Four additional locks were located in the same area. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
38 Structures 7 - Photo 23. View of the aircraft wreckage after recovery. 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
39 Structures 7 - Appendix C - PEMCO Engineering Pallet Locking Assembly Report 6 0 Adobe PDF file View
40 Structures 7 - Errata/Addendum to Factual Report of Group Chairman 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
41 Powerplants 8 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 14 0 Adobe PDF file View
42 Powerplants 8. Photo 1. Aerial View of Aircraft Wreckage 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
43 Powerplants 8. Photo 2. Number 1 Engine Front View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
44 Powerplants 8. Photo 3. Number 1 Engine Side View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
45 Powerplants 8. Photo 4. Number 1 Engine Rear View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
46 Powerplants 8. Photo 5. Number 2 Engine Front View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
47 Powerplants 8. Photo 6. Number 2 Engine Side View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
48 Powerplants 8. Photo 7. Number 2 Engine Rear View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
49 Powerplants 8. Photo 8. Number 3 Engine Side View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
50 Powerplants 8. Photo 9. Number 3 Engine Rear View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
51 Powerplants 8. Photo 10. Number 3 Engine Rear View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
52 Powerplants 8. Photo 11. Number 4 Engine Front View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
53 Powerplants 8. Photo 12. Number 4 Engine Side View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
54 Powerplants 8. Photo 13. Number 4 Engine Rear View 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
55 Maintenance Records 11 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 42 0 Adobe PDF file View
56 Cockpit Voice Recorder 12 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 42 0 Adobe PDF file View
57 Cockpit Voice Recorder 12 - Specialist's Sound Spectrum Study 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
58 Aircraft Performance 13 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 23 0 Adobe PDF file View
59 Aircraft Performance 13 - Addendum 1 22 0 Adobe PDF file View
60 Aircraft Performance 13 - Addendum 2 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
61 Airports/ARFF 16 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
62 Deposition of Brandt 35 0 Adobe PDF file View
63 Deposition of Carmona 69 0 Adobe PDF file View
64 Deposition of Drayer 101 0 Adobe PDF file View
65 Deposition of Mazor 23 0 Adobe PDF file View
66 Deposition of McCalman 34 0 Adobe PDF file View
67 Deposition of Polanco 24 0 Adobe PDF file View
68 Deposition of Sacrey 65 0 Adobe PDF file View
69 Deposition of Scott 65 0 Adobe PDF file View
70 Deposition of Shelton 41 0 Adobe PDF file View
71 Deposition of South 59 0 Adobe PDF file View
72 Deposition of Thomas 44 0 Adobe PDF file View
73 Deposition of Zappia 45 0 Adobe PDF file View
74 Simulator Test Results Data 1 0 Adobe PDF file View