Emery Worldwide Flight 17

Emery Worldwide Flight 17 was a regularly scheduled domestic cargo flight, flying from Reno to Dayton with an intermediate stopover at Rancho Cordova. On February 16, 2000, the DC-8 crashed onto an automobile salvage yard shortly after taking off from Sacramento Mather Airport, killing all three crew members on board. The crew reported control problems and attempted unsuccessfully to return to Mather airport.
The aircraft involved in the accident was a 1968-built Douglas DC-8-71, registration N8079U. Operated by United Airlines and Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas , later modified for service as a freighter before being sold. In March 1994 N8079U was operated by Emery Worldwide and had accumulated approximately 84,447 flight hours in 33,395 flight cycles. In July 1983, the Pratt & Whitney JT3D engines were replaced with CFM International CFM56 engines to upgrade the aircraft from a 60 series to a 70 series aircraft.

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