Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17

Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 was a cargo flight from Kelly Air Force Base outside San Antonio to Tinker Air Force Base outside of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with a stop at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas operated by a McDonnel Douglas DC-9. On March 18, 1989, the aircraft's main cargo door opened after takeoff from Carswell and the aircraft crashed while attempting an emergency landing, killing both crew members on board.
The aircraft involved was a McDonnel Douglas DC-9-33F that was built in 1968 and delivered to KLM in a dual passenger-cargo configuration. It was later converted into a full passenger-only aircraft in 1984. The aircraft was sold to United Aviation Services in March 1987 and then to Evergreen International Airlines two months later, where it was converted into a freighter. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had accumulated 41,931 flight hours, with 40,808 take off and landing cycles, and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A turbofan engines.

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