Editing Airborne Express (section)

== Incidents and accidents ==
Airborne Express has experienced seven accidents, with six of them being hull losses, and two resulting in fatalities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/6584|title=Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Operator index > United States of America > Airborne Express|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>

* On June 11, 1979, a [[de Havilland Dove]] operated by Midwest Air Charter on behalf of Airborne Express made a belly landing at [[St. Louis Lambert International Airport]]. Both crew members survived, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and written off.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/328585|title=ASN Aircraft accident Carstedt Jet Liner 600F N906MW Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>
* On June 19, 1980, a [[Sud Aviation Caravelle|Sud Aviation Caravelle VI-R]] made a hard landing at Atlanta Municipal Airport (now [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport]]), causing its left main landing gear to collapse. The aircraft was caught in wake turbulence from a [[Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]]. The four occupants (three crew members and one passenger) on board survived. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and written off.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/328313|title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R N905MW Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA (ATL)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>
* On February 5, 1985, a [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15]] crashed after takeoff from [[Philadelphia International Airport]]. Both pilots on board survived, but the aircraft was substantially damaged and written off.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/327262|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 N926AX Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>
* On August 20, 1987, Airborne Express Flight 124, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31, was back taxiing on Runway 09/27 at [[Stewart International Airport]] during deteriorating weather conditions, when an [[Emery Worldwide]] (operating as Rosenbalm Aviation Flight 074) Douglas DC-8-63F, landed on the same runway without clearance, The DC-9's tail was struck by the DC-8's wing. There were no fatalities and both aircraft were repaired and returned to service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/326712|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N908AX Newburgh-Stewart Airport, NY (SWF)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>
* On January 29, 1990, a [[Cessna 208 Caravan]] crashed after takeoff from [[Burlington International Airport]]. The pilot and the passenger, the aircraft's only occupants, were both killed. This was the first fatal accident for Airborne Express. The accident was caused by the overloading of the aircraft and pilot error due to the aircraft not being de-iced before departure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/326100|title=ASN Aircraft accident Cessna 208B Grand Caravan N4688B Burlington International Airport, VT (BTV)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>
* On March 6, 1992, a [[NAMC YS-11|NAMC YS-11A]] operating a training flight was damaged beyond repair and written off when it made a belly landing at the Wilmington-Airborne Airpark after the crew accidentally forgot to lower the landing gear. All three crew members on board survived.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/325577|title=ASN Aircraft accident NAMC YS-11A-205 N918AX Wilmington-Airborne Airpark, OH (ILN)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>
* On December 22, 1996, [[Airborne Express Flight 827|Flight 827]], a [[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-63F]], crashed in [[Narrows, Virginia]] while performing a [[flight test]]. All six people on board were killed. This is the airline's deadliest accident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/324304|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63F N827AX Narrows, VA|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR9705.pdf|title=Uncontrolled Flight into Terrain, ABX Air (Airborne Express) Douglas DC-8-63, N827AX, Narrows, Virginia, December 22, 1996|last=|first=|date=July 15, 1997|website=|publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]]|id=NTSB/AAR-97/05|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref>