 Wreckage of the aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | February 17, 1991 |
| Summary | Crashed on takeoff due to atmospheric icing, pilot error, and poor FAA oversight |
| Site | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio, United States 41°24.3′N 81°51.5′W / 41.4050°N 81.8583°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC |
| Operator | Ryan International Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | RD590 |
| ICAO flight No. | RYN590 |
| Call sign | RYAN 590 |
| Registration | N565PC[1] |
| Flight origin | Greater Buffalo International Airport, Buffalo, New York |
| Stopover | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Destination | Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Occupants | 2 |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 was a cargo flight carrying mail for the United States Postal Service from Greater Buffalo International Airport (BUF) in Buffalo, New York, to Indianapolis International Airport (IND) in Indiana, with a stopover at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) in Cleveland, Ohio. On February 17, 1991, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC operating the flight crashed on takeoff from Cleveland during icing conditions. Both pilots, the aircraft's only occupants, were killed. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the causes of the crash were the flight crew failing to deice their aircraft, and the inexperience of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), McDonnell Douglas, and Ryan International Airlines with icing condition on DC-9-10 aircraft (the shortest variant of the DC-9).[2][3]
- ^ "FAA Registry (N565PC)". Federal Aviation Administration.
- ^ "Ryan International Airlines, DC-9-15, N565PC, Loss of Control on Takeoff, Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, Ohio, February 17, 1991" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. November 16, 1991. NTSB/AAR-91/09. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2019. – Copy at Archived March 7, 2023, at the Wayback Machine Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC N565PC Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, OH (CLE)". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.