Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft CO MD 83 incident near Santa Clara, OF, June 2, 2024
On June 2, 2024 at about 7:24 am local time, a 1990 Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft CO MD 83, registered N802WA, suffered minor damage in an incident during landing (flare/touchdown) near Santa Clara, OF. It was flown under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 2, 2024 · about 7:24 am local time
- Place
- Santa Clara, OF, Cu
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft CO MD 83, built 1990 · all MD 83s on the register
- Registration
- N802WA · registry record · serial 53052
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Dragged wing/rotor/float/other during landing (flare/touchdown) defining event
The aircraft
- Seats: 155
- Landing gear: retractable
- Operator: World Atlantic Airlines
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Other NTSB records under N802WA the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number DCA24WA282.