Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Tahiti-Faaa International Airp Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Faaa Tahiti
Saturday, December 23, 2000 23:53 ADT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On December 23, 2000 ,a Hawaiian Airlines McDonnell-Douglas DC 10-10 on landing at Faaa Tahiti departed the end of runway 4 at a slow speed. The nose of the airplane came to rest in the lagoon. The airplane was evacuated without injury to the 130 people aboard the airplane.
The pilot reported nil braking and difficulty with directional control in rain and winds. Damage to the aircraft included damage to engines No. 1 and No. 3 including probable foreign object debris ingestion and possible pylon structural damage. The lower front fuselage including radome, pitot assemblies, AC pack intake, and avionics bay were immersed in salt water.
The Bureau Enquetes Accidents (BEA) of France is investigating the accident and will issue an accident report.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 12/23/2000 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 2353 |
| Event Time Zone | Atlantic Daylight Time |
| Event City | FAAA Tahiti |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | -- |
| Event Date Year | 2000 |
| Event Date Month | 12 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | Tahiti-FAAA International Airp |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | NTAA |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 600 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Thin Overcast |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 2 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 28 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 330 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 19 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 28 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.8 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Moderate |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 139 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | Foreign |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | NTSB Comm Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | Dec 24 2000 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 30 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 3 2005 11:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | ntsb\Administrator |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Honololu, HI |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N132AA |
| NTSB Number | DCA01WA009 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | -- |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | McDonnell Douglas |
| Aircraft Model | DC-10-10 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 47827 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 430000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/Foreign Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 319 |
| Number of Engines | 3 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | Nov 29 2000 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 152 |
| Airframe Hours | 64841 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | American Airlines |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | PO Box 619616 |
| Aircraft Owner City | Dallas |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 75261 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | PO Box 30008 |
| Operator City | Honolulu |
| Operator State | HI |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 96820 |
| Operator Code | HALA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | -- |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | International |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | PHNL |
| Departure City | Honolulu |
| Departure State | HI |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 438 |
| Departure Time Zone | UTC |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | NTAA |
| Destination City | FAAA Papeete |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | FP |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | Yes |
| Evacuation occurred | Yes |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 21 2003 2:24PM |
| User who most recently changed record | HAUT |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 04 |
| Runway Length | 11220 |
| Runway Width | 148 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |