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Old 17th Apr 2001, 19:34
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Wino
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MD-11 landing at Newark arport in 1997. Max landing weight landing. slight skip, first tounch down was at 400 feet per minute, second was less (mind you aircraft certification requirements for structure for landing weight is 660 feet per minute, and 360 feet per minute at max takeoff weight).

Wing spar failed, aircraft slid down runway on its back. All 5 onboard escaped with extremely minor injury ( a sprained finger). Burned for a couple of hours.

Auto brakes had been set high, crew was worried about landing distance. It had been calculated with only a couple of hundred feet of margin.

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Wino