| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 May 1972 |
| Type | wake turbulence |
| Site | Greater Southwest International Airport, Fort Worth, Texas |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
| Operator | Delta Air Lines |
| Tail number | N3305L |
Delta Air Lines Flight 9570 crashed on 30 May 1972 at the Greater Southwest International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas while conducting a training flight. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wake turbulence is Turbulence that forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air Greater Southwest International Airport was the commercial Airport serving Fort Worth, Texas from 1953 until 1972 Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout An aircraft registration is a unique Alphanumeric string that identifies an Aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Greater Southwest International Airport was the commercial Airport serving Fort Worth, Texas from 1953 until 1972 Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14, began to oscillate about the roll axis after crossing the runway threshold during a landing approach, then rolled rapidly to the right and struck the runway with the right wing low. McDonnell Douglas was a major American Aerospace manufacturer and Defense contractor, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This flight's crash has been attributed to wake turbulence behind a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 that made a touch-and-go landing ahead of it. Wake turbulence is Turbulence that forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air The plane's occupants consisted of three pilots and an FAA inspector, all of whom were killed in the crash and subsequent fire. The resulting investigation prompted changes to the minimum distance that aircraft must keep when following "heavy" aircraft. [1][2]
References
- ^ NTSB Aircraft Accident Report, dated 13 March 1973, URL retrieved 25 February 2007
- ^ Job, Macarthur (1994). Macarthur Job is an Australian Aviation writer and Air safety consultant Air Disaster, Volume 1. Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory: Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd, 79-87. ISBN 1875671110.