ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas MD-11 B-150 Kushimoto
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Monday 7 December 1992
Time:10:36 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic MD11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
Operator:China Airlines
Registration: B-150
MSN: 48468/518
First flight: 1992
Total airframe hrs:337
Cycles:91
Engines: 3 Pratt & Whitney PW4460
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 246
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 265
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Repaired
Location:near Kushimoto (   Japan)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP), Taiwan
Destination airport:Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC), United States of America
Flightnumber:CI012
Narrative:
China Airlines flight 012, encountered moderate turbulence at flight level 330. The airplane subsequently departed controlled flight and sustained damage to the left and right outboard elevator skin assemblies, portions of which separated from the airplane. The airplane continued on and landed uneventfully at Anchorage, AK.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight control force characteristics of the MD-11 airplane in high altitude cruise flight. The upset was induced by a moderate lateral gust and was exacerbated by excessive control deflections. Contributing to the incident was a lack of pilot training specific to the recovery from high altitude, high speed upsets in the MD-11."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: NTSB
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 2 months
Accident number: NTSB/AAR-92/02
Download report: Final report

Classification:
Turbulence
Normal landing

Sources:
» NTSB/AAR-94/02


Follow-up / safety actions

NTSB issued 3 Safety Recommendations

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Distance from Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport to Anchorage International Airport, AK as the crow flies is 7473 km (4671 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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