Delta DC-9 off runway (in grass) at SAV

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Delta jet slides off runway at Savannah airport

CNN talking to passengers too, one (edited) that pilot was high and fast...




Posted: Feb 20, 2013 6:42 AM EST Updated: Feb 20, 2013 6:42 AM EST
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Delta Air Lines apologized to passengers arriving in Savannah after a jet veered off a runway and ended up in a grassy area.
Delta said in a statement that it apologizes for the inconvenience caused by the Tuesday evening incident at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport.
No injuries were reported among the 125 passengers or crew members.
Authorities say the DC-9 aircraft was arriving from Atlanta around 6:45 p.m. when the plane's front wheel made the initial contact with the grass as the plane turned onto a taxiway at the end of a runway. Eventually the entire plane ended up in the grass.
Airport spokeswoman Lori Lynah tells The Savannah Morning News (http://bit.ly/XvePZC) that everyone aboard was able to safely exit the plane.

Information from: Savannah Morning News, http://www.savannahnow.com
 
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This was my ride to NJC12 out of CAK. Old school.
 
In order to get a DC-9 series aircraft to stop, there is this whole "Rube Goldberg" series of things that need to occur.

If everything is set perfectly, plane touches down, hopefully the speedbrakes were armed so when you get main wheel spin up, they'll deploy... Which activates the auto brakes, if they're set. Then you can't deploy reversers until the nose is down because of the "cans" and if the thrust levers get tapped, all of the "magic" goes cattywumpus.

She's a great jet but its easy to run off the end of the runway when you're trying to do the "smooth" or "right" thing instead of respecting the fact that the airplane can be a fickle bitch if you're not respectful.
 
Derg I remember coming off the RJ to the DC9 and on my first trip I was absolutely in shock how much runway you would typically chew up on a normal landing. Do everything right....on speed, in the TDZ, don't float and have a normal rollout and next thing you know you're 8000' down 26R in ATL. On the -9 if I remember correctly the procedure was to touchdown, get the nose wheel down, then deploy the TR's, spool to a set EPR, and don't touch the brakes until 80 KIAS...the speed at which brakes are applied could obviously change. Being new on the airplane, the hardest part was spooling the TR's to the set EPR...there was obviously no FADEC, the were super sensitive SOB's, and the EPR gauge is about the size of a dime in a sea of all the other gauges. If you went over the prescribed number for TR EPR you ran a serious risk of compressor stalling....bang bang pop pop boom boom....outbound delayed!

I'm not saying you can't land on a short runway like DCA or LGA you certainly can. It just doesn't stop like the RJ or the 75. Now getting from 10k to the runway and be stabilized by 1000'? Give me the -9 anytime....slats extend pretty much whenever you want, speed brake deploy....sink like a rock! Need more? Speedbrakes stow, gear down, speedbrake extend....you could get down to any runway!
 
That's what happens when you miss the three wire...come on Delta, you're better navy pilots than that!
 
Derg said:
In order to get a DC-9 series aircraft to stop, there is this whole "Rube Goldberg" series of things that need to occur.

If everything is set perfectly, plane touches down, hopefully the speedbrakes were armed so when you get main wheel spin up, they'll deploy... Which activates the auto brakes, if they're set. Then you can't deploy reversers until the nose is down because of the "cans" and if the thrust levers get tapped, all of the "magic" goes cattywumpus.

She's a great jet but its easy to run off the end of the runway when you're trying to do the "smooth" or "right" thing instead of respecting the fact that the airplane can be a fickle bitch if you're not respectful.
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I always wondered why there isn't usually a whole lot of finessing the nosewheel down on a mad dog landing.
 
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