| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | March 23, 2009 |
| Time: | 0648 |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Operator: | FedEx |
| Flight #: | 80 |
| Route: | Guangzhou, China - Tokyo, Japan |
| AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |
| Registration: | N526FE |
| cn / ln: | 48600/560 |
| Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The fatigued pilot flying the cargo plane flared too late on landing. From his position in the cockpit he was then apparently unable to tell that the main gear had bounced and the tail was rising, so he pitched the plane down to bring the nose to the ground, instead of up to recover from the bounce. The plane bounced again, harder, lost control, veered to the left, turned over, and was destroyed by fire. |
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