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Status:	Final
Date:	31 JUL 1997
Time:	01:31
Type:	McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Operator:	FedEx
Registration:	N611FE
C/n / msn:	48604/553
First flight:	1993
Total airframe hrs:	13034
Cycles:	2950
Engines:	3 General Electric CF6-80C2D1F
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR) (United States of America)
Phase:	Landing (LDG)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC) (ANC/PANC), United States of America
Destination airport:	Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR) (EWR/KEWR), United States of America
Flightnumber:	14

Narrative:
The aircraft touched down 1175 feet down runway 22R at 149 knots with a 500f/min descent rate and 1,67g acceleration. The flight bounced, yawed and rolled right, and touched down again 2275 feet from the threshold, at 1,7g (lateral acceleration 0,4g to the right) and dragging the no. 3 engine 238 feet further on. The right roll, pinning the no. 3 engine to the ground, possibly continued until the right wing's spars broke. The MD-11 skidded off the right side of the runway and ended up on its back 4800 feet from the threshold and just short of Terminal B.
It appeared that the aircraft (N611FE) had suffered a similar incident (bounced on landing) in Anchorage, November 4, 1994.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain’s overcontrol of the airplane during the landing and his failure to execute a go-around from a destabilized flare. Contributing to the accident was the captain’s concern with touching down early to ensure adequate stopping distance."

Follow-up / safety actions:
The NTSB made 12 safety recommendations to the FAA:
Safety recommendations A-00-92 to 103 (PDF)

Sources:
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 15.09.1997 (31-32)
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 11.08.1997 (38)