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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Holland Accident

Flying Magazine

” The aircraft came to rest in a grass ditch about 100 feet from the left side of Runway 08 and 500 feet beyond the approach threshold. Photos of the horizontal stabilizer structure adjacent to the left elevator counterweight plug show a dented washer and scrapes. The right wing remained attached to the fuselage.

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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

Aerotime

The primary flight controls on the DC-10 (ailerons, rudder, elevators, spoilers) were all operated by hydraulic pressure and the first officer was quick to realize that his controls were unresponsive to his inputs. Touchdown At 16:00 the airplane touched down on the runway threshold to the left of the centerline.

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