NWA went mudding...

[Little Bubba]

MILWAUKEE - A jet with 104 people on board skidded off a runway in snowy weather Sunday after the Northwest Airlines crew aborted the flight as it began accelerating for takeoff, airline officials said.

No serious injuries were reported in the late-morning incident. One passenger on the DC-9 was treated for a sore back, airline officials said.
The crew of Flight 1726 bound for Detroit "opted to discontinue its takeoff due to an engine problem," the airline said in a statement. The plane came to a stop off the runway surface, the statement said.
The plane skidded when the pilot applied the brakes, said Pat Rowe, spokeswoman for General Mitchell International Airport. The aircraft came to a stop on the grass by the runway.
Rowe said that snowplow crews had been working all morning but that she did not know how much snow was on the runway at the time.
About 2 1/2 inches of snow had fallen at the airport as of noon, according to the
The 99 passengers and five crew members were bused back to the terminal with their luggage.
The airport was closed for 35 minutes afterward, officials said

 

[KCSO780]

Is mudding anything like spooning...........

 

[Occam's Razor]

Our Air Safety people indicate the aircraft was actually on a newly-installed treadmill...and that the aircraft failed to gain flying airspeed during the takeoff attempt.

Geniuses at flightinfo.com have been contacted to determine the exact cause of this Lift Equation anomaly...

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Maybe the treadmill wasn't generating enough relative wind?

 

[SEVEN]

Are you sure it wasn't a Pinnacle flight?

 

[Lear70]

MILWAUKEE - A jet with 104 people on board skidded off a runway in snowy weather Sunday after the Northwest Airlines crew aborted the flight as it began accelerating for takeoff, airline officials said.

No serious injuries were reported in the late-morning incident. One passenger on the DC-9 was treated for a sore back, airline officials said.
The crew of Flight 1726 bound for Detroit "opted to discontinue its takeoff due to an engine problem," the airline said in a statement. The plane came to a stop off the runway surface, the statement said.
The plane skidded when the pilot applied the brakes, said Pat Rowe, spokeswoman for General Mitchell International Airport. The aircraft came to a stop on the grass by the runway.
Rowe said that snowplow crews had been working all morning but that she did not know how much snow was on the runway at the time.
About 2 1/2 inches of snow had fallen at the airport as of noon, according to the
The 99 passengers and five crew members were bused back to the terminal with their luggage.
The airport was closed for 35 minutes afterward, officials said

Again.

NWA had the same incident in DTW last winter.

I think they run one off a taxiway or runway every season. Kind of like pre-emptive accident awareness to make everyone more careful for the rest of the season or something.

 

[Goose17]

I like your sense of humor

Maybe the treadmill wasn't generating enough relative wind?

Now that was funny (if you remember the original post)

Goose17

 

[eaglefly]

Again.

NWA had the same incident in DTW last winter.

I think they run one off a taxiway or runway every season. Kind of like pre-emptive accident awareness to make everyone more careful for the rest of the season or something.

They used to run a -9 off the end of 28 in KTVC every winter. You could almost count on it like Santa.

 

[AC560]

Maybe the treadmill wasn't generating enough relative wind?

I would suggest placing a fan in front of the treadmill and turning it on high.

 

[Acefaser]

Is mudding anything like spooning...........

Maybe if your man on man?uke:
Just had to say it.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

I think a noodle just came out of my nose I laughed so hard about the treadmill...



NWA DC-9's going off runways in the winter are like FedEx bending airplanes... No one is going to get hurt, but it's just going to happen.

 

[skiandsurf]

I think a noodle just came out of my nose I laughed so hard...



NWA DC-9's going off runways in the winter are like FedEx bending airplanes... No one is going to get hurt, but it's just going to happen.

This is about the most honest and truthful post ever on these boards.



...."Memphis tower, can we take off before that MD11 on final, closes down the airport"

 

[Crossky]

I think a noodle just came out of my nose I laughed so hard...



NWA DC-9's going off runways in the winter are like FedEx bending airplanes... No one is going to get hurt, but it's just going to happen.

Cute comment, but I think they do a pretty reasonable job with having hubs in the snowlands of MSP and DTW, and flying to snowy outstations. You wanna try that all winter long in a diesel 9?

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

They don't do a reasonable job...they do a fantastic job. Just poking fun at reality.

 

[Flyer1015]

They don't do a reasonable job...they do a fantastic job. Just poking fun at reality.

Hey DJ, you still CRJ Capt at PNCL? Or moved somewhere else, if so where?

 

[Occam's Razor]

I'm kinda surprised it doesn't happen more often!

Any RTO at 100kts at some of the places we fly that thing is a non-stop to turf-ville! I flew it for 7-years in the left seat, and found myself "along for the ride" on landing rollouts more than a few times. We had a DC-9 spin around a couple of times in Grand Forks...then slide off the side. The captain elected to evacuate...and the only injuries were one pax and one Crash Crew guy who slipped and fell on their keesters on the slick runway surface!

Too slick to walk on, but cool for jet ops?

That's nutty!

I tried to takeoff at Minot one time and couldn't do the required engine-clearing procedure because there wasn't a paved surface that could hold the aircraft still with the brakes set and the thrust at 70%!

Me: "Tower, do you have a braking action report for Northwest ____?"
Twr: "No, but a DC-9 that landed about an hour ago made it in ok"
Me: "That was us. It's been raining since then" [Note: "-FZRA" on the ATIS]
Twr: "Ok. Let me know if you want to takeoff"

 

[Crossky]

They don't do a reasonable job...they do a fantastic job. Just poking fun at reality.

I'm cool. One story I have is about MSP and their ops. One 2002 winter morning with blue sky and 6-9 fresh inches my FO was on final to 30R, with red tails lined up for TO. Only the RWY looked shorter and narrower than usual. As in the MSP crews had only plowed it to 2/3 width and about 2/3 - 3/4 length. I just told him to land on the middle of where it was plowed. We had no length issues in a 1900, I don't know about all the big jets but there were maybe 15 of 'em lined up. Nothing on the ATIS either. All the plows were clearing 30L full length.

Try and talk DEN into doing that.

 

[AA717driver]

Occam--You get real good at "steering" with the reverser levers. (These newfangled FADEC planes just take the fun out of flying... ) TC