Controls to the damaged engine also failed and only by cutting off fuel flow were they able to shut if down and prevention further damage or a fire. Flaps and wing leading edge slats were inoperative. The crew immediately lost their ability to control the airliner with rudder, elevators and ailerons.
Shrapnel from the exploding engine chopped through the DC-10’s tail section and severed the three independent hydraulic systems that powered the flight control surfaces. Fitch.Īt 3:16:10 p.m., the fan disk of the airliner’s tail-mounted General Electric CF6-6 turbofan engine (Number Two) failed catastrophically. Also aboard, riding in the passenger cabin, was an off-duty United Airlines DC-10 Check Airman, Captain Dennis E. Haynes, First Officer William Record, and Second Officer Dudley Dvorak. The flight crew consisted of Captain Alfred C. There were 296 persons aboard the airliner: 285 passengers and 11 crew members. (Wikipedia)ġ9 July 1989: United Airlines Flight 232 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, registration N1819U, enroute from Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado to O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois. In this image, damage to the right horizontal stabilizer is visible, and the aircraft tail cone is missing. United Airlines’ DC-10 N1819U, Flight 232, on final approach to Sioux City Gateway Airport, 19 July 1989.
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