N786TW (Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)) — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)

Filed in BTS’s annual carrier fleet inventory from 2011 to 2013, most recently reported as owned.

Carrier	First filed	Last filed
AMQ AMQ	2011	2013

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. BTS filings from 2015 to 2016 report a different serial number than the airframe built in 1992 and belong to an earlier aircraft that carried N786TW.

Carrier	First filed	Last filed
AMQ AMQ	2015	2016

Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).

Safety history

March 8, 2017Accident
A McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration N786TW, suffered a runway excursion following an aborted takeoff from runway 23L at Detroit-Willow Run Airport, Michigan, USA. The aircraft had been chartered by the University of Michigan Basketball team for a flight to a game in Washington, DC.
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
The NTSB determines that the probable cause of this accident was the jammed condition of the airplane’s right elevator, which resulted from exposure to localized, dynamic wind while the airplane was parked and rendered the airplane unable to rotate during takeoff. Full accident record