Accession Number:

ADA352539

Title:

Aircraft Accident Report; Uncontrolled Impact with Terrain, Fine Airlines Flight 101, Douglas DC-8-61, N27UA, Miami, Florida, August 7, 1997

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1998-06-16

Pagination or Media Count:

155.0

Abstract:

This report explains the accident involving Fine Airlines flight 101, a Douglas DC-8-61, which crashed after takeoff from runway 27R at Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, on August 7, 1997. Safety issues in the report include the effects of improper cargo loading on airplane performance and handling, operator oversight of cargo loading and training of cargo loading personnel, the loss of critical flight data recorder information, and FAA surveillance of cargo carrier operations.

Descriptors:

• *AVIATION ACCIDENTS
• DAMAGE
• INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
• AVIATION SAFETY
• FLORIDA
• CARGO HANDLING
• AVIATION INJURIES

Subject Categories:

• Commercial and General Aviation

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE