Delta Air Lines Flight 191
 The remains of N726DA's tail sectionNF | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 2, 1985 |
| Summary | Loss of control due to a microburst, resulting in runway undershoot |
| Site | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport 32°55′06″N 097°01′25″W / 32.91833°N 97.02361°WCoordinates: 32°55′06″N 097°01′25″W / 32.91833°N 97.02361°W |
| Total fatalities | 137 |
| Total injuries | 26 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar |
| Operator | Delta Air Lines |
| IATA flight No. | DL191 |
| ICAO flight No. | DAL191 |
| Call sign | DELTA 191 |
| Registration | N726DA |
| Flight origin | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport |
| Stopover | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport |
| Destination | Los Angeles International Airport |
| Occupants | 163 |
| Passengers | 152 |
| Crew | 11 |
| Fatalities | 136 |
| Injuries | 25 |
| Survivors | 27[a] |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 1 |
| Ground injuries | 1 |
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled Delta Air Lines domestic service from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Los Angeles, via Dallas that crashed on August 2, 1985, at 18:05 (UTC−05:00). The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar operating this flight encountered a microburst while on approach to land on runway 17L (now marked 17C) at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).
The pilots were unable to successfully escape the weather event, and the aircraft impacted the ground over a mile short of the runway. The flight hit a car driving north of the airport and crashed two water tanks. The crash killed 136 of the 152 passengers and 11 crew on board, and the driver of the car.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the crash resulted from the flight crew's decision to fly through a thunderstorm, the lack of procedures and training to avoid or escape microbursts, and the lack of hazard information on wind shear.
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- ↑ The NTSB officially listed 29 survivors in its final report, but also noted that it was aware that 2 of the 29 identified survivors had died from their injuries. The NTSB explained that it was required by federal regulation to list these 2 deceased passengers as survivors because their deaths occurred more than 30 days after the crash.:6
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Other websites[change | change source]
- Cockpit Voice Recorder transcript Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Accident photos Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- AirDisaster.com Special Report Archived 2008-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Pre-accident photos from Airliners.net
- DFW Delta Flight 191 – Essay from Mica Calfee, a firefighter-paramedic who responded to the crash
- NTSB executive summary report
