![]() The captain declared an emergency on Flight 17, believing a load shift had occurred. The engine's speed began to decrease and the stick shaker activated for the first time. ![]() Immediately after the aircraft lifted off from the runway, the aircraft entered a left turn and the first officer quickly stated that Flight 17 would like to return to Sacramento. The aircraft reached V2 and began to lift off. Data from the control column indicated the crew at the time was still applying forward movement to the control column (nose-down input), but somehow the nose rose upward from 14.5 to 17.4° as the crew added more force to the control column. The pitch then increased from 0.2 to 5.3°. Īs the aircraft reached its V1 speed, the captain called "rotate". The crew applied a continuous nose-down input during the take-off roll. The crew members were later cleared for take-off. They then advised traffic at the airport, which had not yet reopened its control tower, that they were going to initiate the take-off from runway 22L. Īfter completing the taxi checklist, the crew members initiated the before-take-off checklist at around 19:47 local time. using a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F with the three crew members on board. The flight was operated by Emery Worldwide - then a major cargo airline in the U.S. Cox Dayton International Airport ( DAY) with an intermediate stopover at Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California. The flight was a regular domestic cargo flight from Reno–Tahoe International Airport ( RNO) to James M. The flight crew consisted of Captain Kevin Stables (43), who had logged 13,329 flight hours and 2,128 hours in type First Officer George Land (35), who had logged 4,511 flight hours and 2,080 in type and Flight Engineer Russell Hicks (38), who had logged 9,775 flight hours and 675 in type. In July 1983, the Pratt & Whitney JT3D engines were replaced with CFM International CFM56 engines to upgrade the aircraft from a 60-series to a 70-series aircraft. In March 1994 N8079U was operated by Emery Worldwide and had accumulated about 84,447 flight hours in 33,395 flight cycles. Operated by United Airlines (1968–1990) and Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas (1990–1994), later modified for service as a freighter before being sold. The aircraft involved in the accident was a 1968-built Douglas DC-8-71, registration N8079U. ![]() Aircraft and crew The aircraft involved in 1987, while operating with United Airlines The crew reported control problems during takeoff and attempted unsuccessfully to return to Mather airport. ![]() On February 16, 2000, the DC-8 operating the flight crashed onto an automobile salvage yard shortly after taking off from Sacramento Mather Airport, resulting in the deaths of all three crew members on board. Cox Dayton International Airport, Dayton, OhioĮmery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 was a regularly scheduled domestic cargo flight, flying from Reno to Dayton with an intermediate stopover at Rancho Cordova. Reno–Tahoe International Airport, Reno, Nevada Right elevator control tab detached during take off due to faulty maintenance resulting in loss of pitch control The aircraft involved in the crash pictured in 1992, then operated by Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas ![]()
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