Honolulu - Dallas

On April 14, 1993 at 06:59 AM, Honolulu - Dallas experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-10, operated by American Airlines, with the event recorded near Dallas-Fort Worth Texas.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

202 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 202 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 13, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 189, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. At the time flight AA102 landed at DFW Airport, it was raining and there were numerous thunderstorms in the area. Shortly after touchdown on runway 17L, the pilot loss directional control when the airplane began to weathervane and the captain failed to use sufficient rudder control to regain the proper ground track. The airplane eventually departed the right side of the runway. At the time of landing the wind (a cross wind) was blowing at 15 knots with gusts approximately 5 knots above the steady wind speed. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all 202 occupants were evacuated, among them 40 were injured, two seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration N139AA, MSN 46711, year of manufacture 1973.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 32.7488°, -97.2990°.