MD-87 Down KTME 10/19

[fholbert]

Date:	19-OCT-2021
Time:
Type:	McDonnell Douglas MD-87
Owner/operator:	987 Investments LLC
Registration:	N987AK
MSN:	49404
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Houston Executive Airport (TME/KTME), Houston, TX - United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
A McDonnell Douglas MD-87, registration N987AK, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Houston, Texas.
Preliminary information indicates there were no fatalities among the 21 occupants.

 

[Baronman]

Guys heading to the ball game in BOS?

 

[Skåning]

Is that off the departure end or in a random field?

 

[Baronman]

Looks like everyone walked away!

 

[fholbert]

Is that off the departure end or in a random field?

One report says he went off the departure end.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Looks like everyone walked away!

Amazing if so, and a nice demonstration of the value of a timely evacuation.

 

[zmiller4]

Is that off the departure end or in a random field?

Probably departure end—it’s pretty much just fields around there.

 

[Murdoughnut]

Amazing if so, and a nice demonstration of the value of a timely evacuation.

My thought was that the actual incident probably wasn't as bad as it looks, but but because I'm assuming it was at an airport without an ARFF station, it probably burned awhile before anyone got to it. I'll let the resident ARFF expert chime in, though. Looks like ill equipped volunteers trying to put it out, though.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

My thought was that the actual incident probably wasn't as bad as it looks, but but because I'm assuming it was at an airport without an ARFF station, it probably burned awhile before anyone got to it. I'll let the resident ARFF expert chime in, though.

Or off field (#goodluck)

 

[Doug Masters]

Rejected takeoff?

 

[fholbert]

My guess is that airport doesn't see a lot of airline type aircraft. Someone got the departure on their cell phone.

 

[Murdoughnut]

My guess is that airport doesn't see a lot of airline type aircraft. Someone got the departure on their cell phone.

The satellite image shows what appears to be two mad dogs, so I'm guessing this one may have actually been based there. LLC tied to the aircraft is registered two of the most Houston looking guys you could imagine, with two of the most stereotypical Houston backgrounds (oil/land).

 

[charlie1017]

There was an accident a couple of years ago which involved a reject above v1...

Accident McDonnell Douglas MD-83 N786TW, Wednesday 8 March 2017

A McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration N786TW, suffered a runway excursion following an aborted takeoff from runway 23L at Detroit-Willow Run Airport, Michigan, USA. The aircraft had bee...

aviation-safety.net

Wondering if there are similarities...

 

[GypsyPilot]

My guess is that airport doesn't see a lot of airline type aircraft. Someone got the departure on their cell phone.

Link?

 

[fholbert]

Link?

I'm sorry, I'm expecting someone got it and will post the departure video.

 

[fholbert]

Deju Vu Farmington CT accident last month

Video here - Skid marks right off the end of the runway followed by tracks in the grass. This one never left the ground.

Second video down the page.

Houston executive 1 of 21 on board jet when it crashed in field

J. Alan Kent is a custom home builder and was among the 21 people on board who miraculously all walked away from the fiery crash.

abc13.com

 

[CFI A&P]

My guess is that airport doesn't see a lot of airline type aircraft. Someone got the departure on their cell phone.

The AFD does not show any ARFF capability at KTME.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Glad everyone got out!


Initially I thought AK might be an ex-AS bird but AS only started using AK tail numbers in the last 10 years. Looks like ex Finnair and Aeromexico.

OH-LMB	08/01/1988	Finnair		Correct
N204AM	14/11/2000	Aeromexico	Ret to lessor 28/02/07	Correct
N987AK	28/08/2015	987 Investments LLC	19 Oct 2021 overran runway at KTME	Correct

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

There was an accident a couple of years ago which involved a reject above v1...

Accident McDonnell Douglas MD-83 N786TW, Wednesday 8 March 2017

A McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration N786TW, suffered a runway excursion following an aborted takeoff from runway 23L at Detroit-Willow Run Airport, Michigan, USA. The aircraft had bee...

aviation-safety.net

Wondering if there are similarities...

That YIP one was my first thought too.

 

[azmedic]

AFAIK there aren’t ARFF Part 139 requirements for part 91 operated flights.


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