Estado:	Final
Fecha:	06 MAY 2009
Hora:	ca 13:30
Tipo:	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30ER
Operador:	World Airways
Registración:	N139WA
Numéro de série:	46583/292
Año de Construcción:	1979-07-02 (29 years 11 months)
Horas Totales de la Célula:	107814
Motores:	3 General Electric CF6-50C2
Tripulación:	Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 12
Pasajeros:	Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 168
Total:	Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 180
Daños en la Aeronave:	Considerable
Consecuencias:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:	Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) (Estados Unidos de América)
Fase:	Aterrizaje (LDG)
Naturaleza:	Vuelo Doméstico No Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:	Leipzig Airport (LEJ/EDDP), Alemania
Aeropuerto de Llegada:	Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI/KBWI), Estados Unidos de América
Número de Vuelo:	8535

Descripción:
A DC-10-30, operated by World Airways as flight 8535, experienced a hard landing failing the left nose tire upon landing on runway 10 at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). The flight crew executed a go-around and landed on runway 33L. The flight was a contract Defense Department Air Mobility Command flight from Leipzig (LEJ), Germany. There were 168 passengers and 12 crew members on board, 4 occupants were taken to a local hospital, and the first officer experienced a serious injury. The airplane had substantial damage to the nose gear, electronics and equipment bay, and forward pressure bulkhead. Weather was reported as visual conditions with light winds.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain’s inappropriate control inputs following a firm landing, resulting in two hard nose-gear impacts before executing a go-around.
Contributing to the inappropriate control inputs was the captain’s fatigue and physical discomfort; and a possible lack of practical consolidation of skills and experience due to a protracted and fragmented training period."

Fuentes:
» NTSB
» NTSB Accident docket