Saint Louis - Nashville

On September 9, 1999 at 11:38 AM, Saint Louis - Nashville experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-9, operated by Trans World Airlines - TWA, with the event recorded near Nashville Tennessee.

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.

46 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 46 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 41, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The first officer failed to maintain the proper rate of descent (sink rate) resulting in a hard landing on touch down, and separation of the left main landing gear during landing rollout. The pilot-in-command stated he knew the first officer was not going to make a good landing. He did not take any corrective action other than informing the first officer initially to increase power. Examination of the left main landing gear assembly revealed a preexisting crack in the outer cylinder housing.

Aircraft reference details include registration N993Z, MSN 47082, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.1623°, -86.7743°.