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DOUGLAS DC-9-30
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DC93
| Aircraft | |||||||||
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| Name | DC-9-30 | ||||||||
| Manufacturer | DOUGLAS | ||||||||
| Body | Narrow | ||||||||
| Wing | Fixed Wing | ||||||||
| Position | Low wing | ||||||||
| Tail | T-tail | ||||||||
| WTC | Medium | ||||||||
| APC | C | ||||||||
| Type code | L2J | ||||||||
| RFF Category | 6 | ||||||||
| Engine | Jet | ||||||||
| Engine count | Multi | ||||||||
| Position | Both sides of rear fuselage | ||||||||
| Landing gear | Tricycle retractable | ||||||||
| Mass group | 4 | ||||||||
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DOUGLAS DC-9-30
Description
Short to medium range airliner. In service since 1965. First short range airliner in new design with rear fuselage mounted engines, T-tail and swept wings. Built in these versions:
- 10 initial type (DOUGLAS DC-9-10)
- 30 stretched version with more powerful engines,
- 20 (DOUGLAS DC-9-20) combines fuselage of the 10 with engines of the 30.
The DC-9-30 was converted as freighter and mil. type C-9. 94 aircraft of -10, 5 of -20 and 520 of -30 remain in service in 1999. The DC93 is member of the DC-9 family of aircraft.
Technical Data
| Wing span | 28.47 m93.406 ft <br /> |
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| Length | 36.37 m119.324 ft <br /> |
| Height | 8.38 m27.493 ft <br /> |
| Powerplant | 10: 2 x P&W JT8D-7 (2 x 54,5 kN) turbofans or 20/30: 2 x P&W JT8D-9 (64,5 kN) or 2 x P&W JT8D-15 (66,7 kN) turbofans. |
| Engine model | Pratt & Whitney JT8D |
Performance Data
| Take-Off | Initial Climb (to 5000 ft) |
Initial Climb (to FL150) |
Initial Climb (to FL240) |
MACH Climb | Cruise | Initial Descent (to FL240) |
Descent (to FL100) |
Descent (FL100 & below) |
Approach | ||||||||||
| V2 (IAS) | 140 kts | IAS | 170 kts | IAS | 290 kts | IAS | 290 kts | MACH | 0.74 | TAS | 440 kts | MACH | 0.76 | IAS | 290 kts | IAS | kts | Vapp (IAS) | 127 kts |
| Distance | 2100 m | ROC | 2000 ft/min | ROC | 1500 ft/min | ROC | 1000 ft/min | ROC | 1000 ft/min | MACH | 0.76 | ROD | 1000 ft/min | ROD | 3500 ft/min | MCS | 210 kts | Distance | 1500 m |
| MTOW | 4994049,940 kg <br />49.94 tonnes <br /> kg | Ceiling | FL370 | ROD | ft/min | APC | C | ||||||||||||
| WTC | M | Range | 15001,500 nm <br />2,778,000 m <br />2,778 km <br />9,114,173.235 ft <br /> NM | ||||||||||||||||
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving DC93
- DC93 / B722, Madrid Spain, 1983 (On 7 December 1983, a Boeing 727-200 taking off from Madrid in thick fog collided at high speed with a Douglas DC-9 which had not followed its departure taxi clearance to the beginning of the same runway. The DC-9 crew did not advise ATC of their uncertain location until asked for their position after non-receipt of an expected position report. The Investigation concluded that flight deck coordination on the DC-9 had been deficient and noted that gross error checks using the aircraft compasses had not been conducted. The airport was without any surface movement radar.)
- DC93, en-route, Cincinnati OH USA, 1983 (On 2 June 1983, a DC9 aircraft operated by Air Canada was destroyed following an in-flight fire which began in one of the aircraft’s toilets. 23 passengers died in the accident.)
- DC93, en-route, north west of Miami USA, 1996 (On 11 May 1996, the crew of a ValuJet DC9-30 were unable to keep control of their aircraft after fire broke out. The origin of the fire was found to have been live chemical oxygen generators loaded contrary to regulations. The Investigation concluded that, whilst the root cause was poor practices at SabreTech (the maintenance contractor which handed over oxygen generators in an unsafe condition), the context for this was oversight failure at successive levels - Valujet over SabreTech and the FAA over Valujet. Failure of the FAA to require fire suppression in Class 'D' cargo holds was also cited.)
- DC93, vicinity Charlotte NC USA, 1994 (On 2 July 1994, an DC-9 operated by US Air, collided with trees and a house shortly after attempting a missed approach at Charlotte Airport, USA, in heavy thunderstorms. 37 passengers were killed.)
- DC93, vicinity Port Harcourt Nigeria, 2005 (On 10 December 2005, a Douglas DC9-32 operated by Sosoliso Airlines descended below the ILS Decision Altitude without visual reference, on approach to Port Harcourt Nigeria, and control was lost during the attempted initiation of a go around, followed by ground impact and post crash fire.)