A pilot, freshly transitioned from the DC-9, pulled the power on short final to Truk, and wiped out the gear on the leading edge of the runway.
In fact the pilot was landing at Yap, not Truk. The weather was fine but he was doing a split-arse low level circuit and was turning final at 200 ft agl when he landed short. The pilot had just come off DC10's (not DC9) and apparently pulled off the power too early and developed a high sink rate which he failed to correct. The aircraft caught fire and skidded on it's belly still burning. After it stopped the crew opened the cockpit door to get out and there was no sign of the passengers. Seems the cabin crew got them out real fast and they were waiting outside when the pilots finally abandoned the aircraft. The fire crew had only a small tanker with water and had no hope of extinguishing the blaze. In fact the nearest water point was in town a few miles away and the truck merrily drove off to refill the water and did this several times.