Aircraft during landing caught a gust of wind causing the wingtip to touch the runway.
Everts Air
Date: 07-NOV-20
Time: 22:10:00Z
Regis#: VTS262
Aircraft Make: McDONNELL DOUGLAS
Aircraft Model: MD80
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: CARGO
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation: 125
Aircraft Operator: EVERTS AIR CARGO
City: LAREDO
State: TEXAS
Check out their very diverse fleet. Everts Air Cargo has everything from a Cessna 180 to Curtis-Wring C46s to DC-6s and these Mad Dogs as well as turboprops. They also own a 727 which is used for ZERO-G Corporation.
ReplyDeleteEverts Air provides a decent amount of good paying aviation jobs.
ReplyDeleteMust have been a local dust devil. College near the airport nickname is "The Dust Devils". Or poor technique. Otherwise METARS look benign:
ReplyDeleteKLRD 072156Z 13007KT 10SM CLR 30/09 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP116 T03000094
KLRD 072256Z 11011KT 10SM CLR 29/11 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02890106