Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 information
1989 aviation accident
Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17
N931F, the aircraft involved in the accident, 1988
Accident
Date
March 18, 1989 (1989-03-18)
Summary
Cargo door failure due to design flaw, pilot error and inadequate procedures; loss of control for undetermined reasons
Site
Saginaw, Texas, near Carswell Air Force Base, United States 32°54′39″N97°24′45″W / 32.91083°N 97.41250°W / 32.91083; -97.41250
Aircraft
Aircraft type
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33F
Operator
Evergreen International Airlines
IATA flight No.
4U17[1]: 1
ICAO flight No.
EIA17
Call sign
LOGAIR 931[1]: 1
Registration
N931F[2]
Flight origin
Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas
Stopover
Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas
Destination
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Occupants
2
Passengers
0
Crew
2
Fatalities
2
Survivors
0
Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 (4U17/EIA17) was a cargo flight operated by Evergreen International Airlines and flown by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9. On March 18, 1989, the flight's planned route was scheduled to take it from Kelly Air Force Base (outside San Antonio, Texas) to Tinker Air Force Base (outside of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), with a stop at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas. The two pilots were the only occupants on board. Immediately after takeoff from Carswell, the aircraft's main cargo door opened, the crew lost control of the aircraft and it subsequently crashed while attempting an emergency landing, killing both pilots.[3]
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