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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Holland Accident

Flying Magazine

” The aircraft came to rest in a grass ditch about 100 feet from the left side of Runway 08 and 500 feet beyond the approach threshold. Photos of the horizontal stabilizer structure adjacent to the left elevator counterweight plug show a dented washer and scrapes.

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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

Aerotime

Upon his return, he reported that both right-hand and left-hand rear stabilizers had sustained damage. NTSB Fitch continued to make small manipulations of the engine controls as the aircraft crossed the runway threshold, still maintaining a straight and level attitude but at a landing speed much higher than normal.

Runway 294
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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

Aerotime

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) differentiates an accident from an incident by imposing a threshold of aircraft damage set at $1 million. The left winglet of one of the aircraft collided with the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator of the other. This definition has been in place since 2005.

Runway 257