RED Air Flight 203

Last updated
RED Air Flight 203
Red Air MD-82, HI1064. Aircraft touched down and had its left main gear collapse causing the aircraft to catch fire. I took this photo facing the northeast. MIA. 6-21-2022.jpg
The incident aircraft on the day of the accident
Accident
Date21 June 2022
Summary Runway excursion after landing gear collapse
Site Miami International Airport, United States
Aircraft
Aircraft type McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Operator RED Air
IATA flight No.L5203
ICAO flight No.REA203
Call signRED DOMINICANA 203
Registration HI1064
Flight origin Las Américas International Airport, Dominican Republic
Destination Miami International Airport, United States
Occupants140
Passengers130
Crew10
Fatalities0
Injuries4
Survivors140

RED Air Flight 203 (L5203/REA203) was a scheduled international commercial passenger flight from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic to Miami International Airport by RED Air. [1] On 21 June 2022, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft operating the service suffered a left landing gear collapse and runway excursion, causing the left wing of the aircraft to impact an antenna structure, followed by a subsequent fire on the right side of the airplane. [2] The incident caused three people to be hospitalized with minor injuries. [3] [4]

Contents

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 with the registration of HI1064 and serial number 53027. The aircraft was first delivered to American Airlines in December 1990, where it operated until August 2014. The aircraft was then stored until August 2017, when it was acquired by LASER Airlines. The aircraft had previously been painted in the Orange Air livery, but it never entered service with the airline. The aircraft was then transferred to RED Air, a subsidiary of LASER Airlines, in February 2021. [5]

Passengers and crew

There were 140 occupants on board the accident flight: 130 passengers and 10 crew members. Airport officials reported that all of them survived. The local fire rescue authorities reported that three people suffered minor injuries and were sent to the hospital. [6] [7]

The flight crew consisted of 58-year-old Captain José Darriba, [8] : 5  out of 14,388 total flight hours, 1,400 were on the MD-80; [9] : 7  and 28-year-old First Officer Pablo Peña [8] : 6  had 269 hours of experience on the MD-80, out of 822 total flight hours. [9] : 8  Captain Darriba was the pilot monitoring, while First Officer Peña was flying the aircraft. [9] : 5 

Incident

Aerial image of the aircraft wreckage. Aerial image of aircraft wreckage and accident location.png
Aerial image of the aircraft wreckage.

According to Flightradar24, RED Air Flight 203 departed from Las Américas International Airport in the Dominican Republic at 3:36 PM (19:36 UTC) and landed at Miami International Airport on runway 09 at 5:38 PM (21:38 UTC) after a flight time of two hours and three minutes on 21 June 2022. [10] [11] During landing, the aircraft's left main landing gear collapsed, causing the aircraft's left wing to scratch the runway. Just before the aircraft came to a full stop, the right landing gear and nose landing gear also collapsed, resulting in damage to the aircraft's nose and a fire on the right wing. Firefighters found fuel leaking from the aircraft when they arrived on scene. The aircraft had also reportedly collided with a communication tower and a small building before catching fire. Passengers began evacuating the plane about 5 seconds after the aircraft stopped and fled with their personal belongings. [6] [7] This became RED Air's first aircraft to be involved in a hull loss accident. [12] [13]

Footage of the incident

The scene was captured by Miami International Airport's CCTV camera [7] and the ground crew employee's cellphone. [14] Two videos were subsequently released showing scenes onboard the aircraft during the landing and when the passengers were evacuating the aircraft. The footage was recorded by one of the passengers onboard. The first video shows the aircraft's harsh landing and the unusual vibrations before the left landing gear collapsed. The collapse of the left landing gear was heard at the end of the first video. The second video shows the passenger who recorded the footage exiting the aircraft. [15] [16] Another smartphone video was released, showing the moment inside the plane from touch down on the runway until the stop of the aircraft. This video shows not just what the other onboard video shows, but also the passengers' reactions during the incident. [17]

Investigation

NTSB investigators inspecting the left main landing gear. NTSB investigators inspecting the left main landing gear.png
NTSB investigators inspecting the left main landing gear.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) arrived on scene the following day and began an investigation. [18] A preliminary report issued by the NTSB cited four minor injuries to passengers, [18] rather than the three originally reported by news outlets. [19] The preliminary report stated that both flight recorders (data and voice) were recovered and their data was successfully downloaded by the NTSB. [18] The NTSB also noted that the "left and right main landing gear were removed from the aircraft for further evaluation." [18]

Preliminary report

The National Transportation Safety Board released their preliminary report into the accident on July 15, 2022 stated that, the flight was the second of the day from the actual flight crew. The captain was the pilot monitoring while the first officer was the pilot flying. The flight was departed from Las Américas International Airport, Santo Domingo at 15:35 after a delay of 36 minutes. The airplane was cleared to landing at Miami International Airport, Miami runway 09 with an Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach with the pilot reporting that the approach was normal. The first officer reported that the landing was smooth, and they first touched down on the right main gear followed by the left main gear slightly right of centerline. The pilots had the sensation of an increase in vibration on the left side of the aircraft shortly after the left main gear touched down. During the landing roll out the left main gear collapsed, the airplane traveled to the left where it eventually departed the paved surface and impacted the runway 30 glide slope equipment shelter. During departure from the paved surface and impact with the steel and concrete shelter, the airplane's right main landing gear and nosewheel collapsed, and the fuel tanks were breached. Shortly after the airplane came to a stop, a postcrash fire began on the right wing. All 140 occupants of the airplane evacuated safely and four of them sustained minor injuries. The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department (MDFR) is successfully extinguished the post-crash fire and all occupants of the plane were transferred to the airport's terminal with buses. [20]

An investigation docket of the accident was opened by NTSB on July 31, 2023. [20]

Final report

The NTSB released their final report on the accident on April 25 2024, which stated the cause of the accident was the left main landing gear's shimmy dampener failing to mitigate extreme vibrations during landing rollout. The vibrations caused the gear's lower torque link to fail and the entire left gear collapsed as a result. [9]

AA MD-82 090308 Las Vegas.jpg
The aircraft involved in 2008 while in service with American Airlines
Orange Air "Silver Bullet".jpg
The aircraft in 2017 while waiting to enter service with Orange Air
MD-82 YV3367 "Silver Bullet".jpg
The aircraft in 2018 while in service with parent company LASER Airlines
HI1064 Miami Int'l Airport 20220319.jpg
The aircraft involved, seen at Miami International Airport, the incident airport, in March 2022

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">American Airlines Flight 1420</span> June 1999 runway overrun and crash in Arkansas, US

American Airlines Flight 1420 was a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Little Rock National Airport in the United States. On June 1, 1999, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operating as Flight 1420 overran the runway upon landing in Little Rock and crashed. Nine of the 145 people aboard were immediately killed—the captain and eight passengers. Two more passengers died in the hospital in the following weeks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United Airlines Flight 232</span> 1989 aviation accident

United Airlines Flight 232 was a regularly scheduled United Airlines flight from Stapleton International Airport in Denver to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, continuing to Philadelphia International Airport. On July 19, 1989, the DC-10 serving the flight crash-landed at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, after suffering a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine due to an unnoticed manufacturing defect in the engine's fan disk, which resulted in the loss of all flight controls. Of the 296 passengers and crew on board, 112 died during the accident, while 184 people survived. 13 of the passengers were uninjured. It was the deadliest single-aircraft accident in the history of United Airlines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pan Am Flight 845</span> 1971 aviation accident in California, United States

Pan Am Flight 845 was a scheduled international passenger flight between Los Angeles and Tokyo, with an intermediate stop at San Francisco. The flight was operated by a Boeing 747 registered N747PA and named Clipper America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southwest Airlines Flight 1248</span> 2005 aviation accident

Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 was a scheduled passenger flight from Baltimore, Maryland, to Chicago, Illinois, continuing on to Salt Lake City, Utah, and then to Las Vegas, Nevada. On December 8, 2005, the airplane slid off a runway at Midway Airport in Chicago while landing in a snowstorm and crashed into automobile traffic, killing a six-year-old boy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Comair Flight 5191</span> 2006 passenger plane crash in Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Comair Flight 5191 was a scheduled United States domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia. On the morning of August 27, 2006, at around 06:07 EDT, the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 100ER crashed while attempting to take off from Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County, Kentucky, 4 miles west of the central business district of the city of Lexington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FedEx Express Flight 647</span> 2003 aviation accident

FedEx Express Flight 647 was a flight between Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK), Oakland, California and Memphis International Airport (MEM), Memphis, Tennessee that crashed during landing on December 18, 2003.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FedEx Express Flight 14</span> 1997 plane crash in Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

FedEx Express Flight 14 was a scheduled cargo flight from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, via Malaysia, Taiwan, and Alaska. On July 31, 1997, the aircraft flying this route crashed during landing on its final segment at Newark International Airport (EWR), inverting and catching fire, injuring all five people on board.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Continental Airlines Flight 1404</span> 2008 aviation accident

Continental Airlines Flight 1404 was a Continental Airlines domestic flight from Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. On the evening of December 20, 2008, the flight crashed while taking off from Denver, resulting in two critical injuries, 36 noncritical injuries, and a hull loss of the Boeing 737-524 aircraft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FedEx Express Flight 80</span> 2009 cargo plane crash in Tokyo, Japan

FedEx Express Flight 80 was a scheduled cargo flight from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in the People's Republic of China, to Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. On March 23, 2009, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (N526FE) operating the flight crashed at 6:48 am JST, while attempting a landing on Runway 34L in gusty wind conditions. The aircraft became destabilized at flare and touchdown resulting in an unrecovered "bounced" landing with structural failure of the landing gear and airframe, and came to rest off the runway, inverted, and burning fiercely. The captain and first officer, the jet's only occupants, were both killed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southwest Airlines Flight 345</span> 2013 aviation incident in New York City, US

Southwest Airlines Flight 345 was a scheduled flight from Nashville International Airport, Tennessee to New York City's LaGuardia Airport. On July 22, 2013, the Boeing 737 operating the route suffered a front landing-gear collapse while landing at LaGuardia Airport, injuring 9 people on board. The aircraft, which was worth an estimated $15.5 million at the time, was written off and scrapped as a result of the accident.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FedEx Express Flight 630</span> 2006 aviation accident

FedEx Express Flight 630 was a regular scheduled cargo flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tennessee. On July 28, 2006, the McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10F operating the flight, crashed upon landing due to a landing gear failure. The main left undercarriage collapsed seven seconds after touchdown causing the MD-10 to roll off the runway out of control. The aircraft finally came to a stop near taxiway M4 and caught fire. The fire consumed the wing and port engine and the crash and evacuation left everyone onboard injured.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Delta Air Lines Flight 1086</span> 2015 aviation incident

Delta Air Lines Flight 1086 was a scheduled Delta Air Lines domestic passenger flight between Atlanta and New York's LaGuardia Airport. On March 5, 2015, the McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft veered off the runway shortly after landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. The plane ran up the seawall berm and struck the perimeter fence, sliding along it for approximately 940 feet (290 m) before coming to rest with the nose of the aircraft hanging over the berm above Flushing Bay. There were no fatalities, although 29 people suffered minor injuries. The aircraft was seriously damaged and written off.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dynamic Airways Flight 405</span> 2015 aviation accident in the United States

On October 29, 2015, Dynamic Airways Flight 405, a Boeing 767 on a scheduled passenger service from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Caracas, Venezuela, suffered a fire while taxiing for departure. All 101 passengers and crew evacuated the aircraft and survived, but twenty-two of them were injured.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FedEx Express Flight 910</span> 2016 aviation incident

On October 28, 2016, FedEx Express Flight 910, a McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10F flying from Memphis International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport was involved in a runway skid after a landing gear collapse, which resulted in a fire completely destroying the left engine and wing. Two crew members, the only people on board, were unharmed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ameristar Charters Flight 9363</span> 2017 aviation accident

Ameristar Charters Flight 9363 was a charter flight from Willow Run Airport to Washington Dulles Airport on March 8, 2017, which rejected takeoff and overran the runway. The crash was caused by a jammed elevator, which was damaged by high winds the day before the crash.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Houston MD-87 crash</span> Aircraft accident in 2021

On October 19, 2021, a corporate McDonnell Douglas MD-87, registered as N987AK, crashed and caught fire during take-off, 1,600 feet (500 m) from Houston Executive Airport. Those on board, 19 passengers and four crew members, were safely evacuated out of the aircraft. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was subsequently written-off.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">American Airlines Flight 102</span> 1993 aviation accident

American Airlines Flight 102 was a regularly scheduled flight operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 from Honolulu International Airport to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. On 14 April 1993, upon landing, it was raining at Dallas-Ft Worth International Airport, and there were numerous thunderstorms in the area. Shortly after touchdown on runway 17L, the pilot lost directional control as the aircraft began to weathervane, and it departed the right side of the runway. All 202 occupants on board survived, with two passengers suffering serious injuries during the emergency evacuation. The aircraft was badly damaged and was written off.

RED Air S.R.L. is a low-cost leisure airline with facilities in Las Américas International Airport and main offices in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

References

  1. ↑ "Fiery crash landing at Miami airport captured on video". NBC News. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  2. ↑ "DCA22FA132.aspx". www.ntsb.gov. National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  3. ↑ Sutton, Joe; Lynch, Jamiel; Wallace, Gregory (21 June 2022). "3 hospitalized after commercial plane landing gear collapsed at Miami International Airport". CNN. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  4. ↑ "Plane catches fire after crash-landing at Miami airport; at least 3 hospitalized". New York Post. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  5. ↑ "HI1064 RED AIR MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-82". planespotters.net. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. 1 2 Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas MD-82 HI1064 Miami International Airport, FL (MIA)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  7. 1 2 3 Passenger jet crash lands in Miami after catching fire | 7NEWS (Video), Seven Network, June 22, 2022
  8. 1 2 "NTSB Form 6120.1 – PILOT/OPERATOR AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORT" (PDF). data.ntsb.gov. National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Aviation Investigation Final Report". National Transportation Safety Board. 2024-04-26. DCA22FA132. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  10. ↑ "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  11. ↑ "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  12. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Red Air". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  13. ↑ "3 Hospitalized After Plane Catches Fire Landing at Miami International Airport". NBC 6 South Florida. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  14. ↑ Cellphone video captures jetliner skidding across MIA tarmac, 21 June 2022, retrieved 2022-06-22
  15. ↑ Passenger Films TERRIFYING Evacuation From Burning Jet, 22 June 2022, retrieved 2022-06-22
  16. ↑ Schlappig, Ben (2022-06-22). "RED Air MD-82 Catches Fire At Miami Airport After Landing". One Mile at a Time. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  17. ↑ Passenger's View of RedAir Flight's Rough Landing in Miami || ViralHog, 23 June 2022, retrieved 2022-06-25
  18. 1 2 3 4 "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Preliminary Report: DCA22FA132" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board . Retrieved November 13, 2022– via wikimedia.org.
  19. ↑ "Three injured as plane catches fire after landing at Miami airport". calgaryherald.com. AP. June 21, 2022.
  20. 1 2 "Accident: Red Air MD82 at Miami on Jun 21st 2022, runway excursion causes gear collapse on landing". avherald.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.