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Ameristar MD83 runway over run
The aftermath of Ameristars Md-83, N787TW that over ran the runway at Willow run on 3-8-17 (www.youtube.com) Más...
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I handled that plane in Sacramento when it was registered to AAL.
It was "N786TW" that was involved, not N787TW
Yeah, I caught that but I cant edit the post
Rejected takeoff in high winds
http://avherald.com/h?article=4a5ecf6a&opt=1025
http://avherald.com/h?article=4a5ecf6a&opt=1025
When your Athletic Department is $240 million in the red, this is who you're stuck w/. I don't want to say third or fourth rate charter company w/ aging aircraft, but I'm guessing a legacy carrier pilot/crew would either delay or postpone the flight until better conditions. MD-73's a good bird, but I know nothing of their maintenance record. Also speculating this particular aircraft already had one or two charters to fly that day, so "get-there-itis" may have played a role. I know & understand the FAA & ncaa have guidelines & requirements for Athletic Departments to follow so far as hiring charter companies. Nevertheless, when I see during college football season some of the flights going on; I hold my breath & say a little prayer there's never another Evansville, Cal-Poly, Wichita State, or Marshall type incident. Fortunate that the University of Alabama Athletic Department (that I follow), had a profit of $18.7 million from last year, so the team can afford to fly Delta for football, which is the big money maker. However, TCL does have a smallish 6500 foot runway. JMO.
Is that at KDTW?
