Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17
N8079U, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 1999 | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | February 16, 2000 |
| Summary | Loss of pitch control due to improper maintenance |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8-71F |
| Operator | Emery Worldwide Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | EB017 |
| ICAO flight No. | EWW017 |
| Call sign | EMERY 017 |
| Registration | N8079U |
| Flight origin | Reno–Tahoe International Airport, Reno, Nevada, United States |
| Stopover | Sacramento Mather Airport, Mather, California, United States |
| Destination | James M. Cox Dayton International Airport, Dayton, Ohio, United States |
| Occupants | 3 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 was a regularly scheduled United States domestic cargo flight, flying from Reno, Nevada to Dayton, Ohio with an intermediate stopover at Sacramento Mather Airport. On February 16, 2000, the Douglas DC-8-71F operating the flight crashed onto an automobile salvage yard in Rancho Cordova, California shortly after take off, resulting in the deaths of all three crew members on board. The crew reported control problems during takeoff and attempted unsuccessfully to return to Mather airport. The carrier, Emery Worldwide Airlines, was the 7th largest all-cargo airline in the world by ton-miles, in the year 2000.