Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival (62 page)

Milford, Kari, 49–50, 107, 108, 299

Milford, Tom, 50, 107, 108

Miller, Ivan, 329, 396
n

Miller, Leo, 224

Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center, 8, 16–17, 18, 20, 72, 278

Mixon, Forrest, 79, 97

Mixon, Sandra, 79, 97

Mleynek, Dale, 21, 23–25, 66, 88, 89, 96, 191, 192;
see also
ground control

Mobley, Dustin, 175

Mobley, Marci, 175

Mobley, Rusty, 175, 356

Moehring, John, 232, 259, 282, 283, 285, 293, 313, 337

momentum, 277, 297

Monserrate, Robert, 240, 252, 269, 270

Montgomery, Monty, 277–79, 293, 297

Moran, Terry, 182–83

Morningside College, 124, 235

Morris, Errol, 51

Mount Ogura, 73

Muncey, Amber, 75

Muncey, Audra, 75

Muncey, Cynthia Louise, 74–76, 179, 205, 290, 316

Muncey, Kayce, 75

Muncey, Pam, 75–76

Murphy, Daniel, 227

Murray, Don, 250

Murray, Virginia Jane “Jan,” 16, 26–28, 42, 44, 52, 111, 112, 162, 193–96, 202–3, 212, 213, 259–62, 305, 324, 361

Muto, Aki, 14, 54, 121, 166, 167, 168–70, 219, 284, 285, 356, 357, 360

Myers, Cynthia, 268

National Disaster Medical System, U.S., 239

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), 18, 33, 38, 72–74, 87, 95, 127, 154, 158, 171–75, 213–16, 222, 223, 227–34, 228, 244–46, 257–64, 275–85, 292–96, 301–5, 310, 313, 316–22, 327–28, 335, 337, 345–48, 362, 379
n
, 392
n

Bureau of Accident Investigation, 72

Bureau of Technology, 275

cockpit voice recorder group,
see
cockpit voice recorder

Engineering Services Division, 277

engine investigation group, 227–34

Go Team, 73–74, 171–75, 213–16, 223, 227–34

metallurgy group, 305–13

Office of Aviation Safety, 18

structures group, 215, 303

systems group, 259, 303

Navy Fighter Squadron 13, 323

Neubacher, Luella, 54, 323, 324, 330, 331, 332

niccolite, 85

nickel superalloys, 85, 125, 304

Niehus, Larry, 93, 117–19, 147, 334

Nielsen, Dennis, 24, 144–45, 211–12

nitric acid, 87, 287

nitric hydrofluoric acid, 363

nitrogen, 86, 87, 160, 161, 287, 329, 333

nitrogen-stabilized hard alpha inclusion, 333, 337–38, 347, 363

Northwest Airlines Flight 98, 366

Norton, Tim, 191–93, 195, 196

November 1819 Uniform (the aircraft operating as United Airlines Flight 232):

A-Zone (first class) in, 14, 15–16, 26, 31, 100–101, 134, 135, 150, 151, 193, 200–201, 209

bathrooms on, 6, 15, 49, 103, 106, 111, 178, 193, 216, 231

B-Zone (forward coach cabin) in, 12, 13, 14, 31, 44, 53, 63, 112, 134, 156, 177–78, 272, 330

cause of crash of, 263–64, 348

crash of,
see
United Airlines Flight 232 crash (1989)

C-Zone (aft coach cabin) in, 13, 44, 54, 81, 156, 164, 272, 323, 330

engines of, 13, 55–62;
see also
engines

escape through luggage bay of, 164–65

escape through passenger window,
see
Allen, Peter

evacuation slides of, 70, 80, 114

exit doors of, 11, 113, 133, 192

fire extinguishers on, 179
n
, 332

jump seats on, 6, 11, 106, 132, 193, 204, 209, 308

landing gear, 63–64, 65, 80–81, 97, 216, 240, 330

maintenance of, 61–62

overhead bins of, 112–13, 164, 194

oxygen masks for, 164, 179
n

throttle quadrant of, 215

thrust reversers of, 229

U.S. mail carried by, 227

Olivier, Paul, 4–5, 188

Olson, Cal, 139, 140, 148, 150

Olson, Glenn, 139–40

Olympic
, 200

O’Mara, Heather Rose, 253

155th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, U.S., 280

185th Tactical Fighter Group, U.S., 1, 24
n
, 127–28, 301

O’Neil, Roger, 38

orders of protection, 262–63

Orito, Reynaldo, 187, 190

orthopedic clippers, 254

Osenberg, Bruce, 14, 35–36, 37, 77, 357

Osenberg, Dina, 14, 35–36, 37, 77, 357, 358–59

Osenberg, Ruth Anne, 14, 35–36, 37, 77, 357, 358

Owens, Tim, 42, 43, 49, 81, 82, 97, 203, 346

Owings, Charles, 21, 24, 88, 99

Palmer, Ward, 129–30

Patel, Jasumati J., 48, 237
n

pathology, 120–24, 137–38, 225–26, 234–42, 250–55, 265–71

Pearlstein, Ruth, 63, 219

Persinger, Kyle, 50

Phillips, Gregory, 259, 303

phosphorous compounds, 327–28

photons, 287–88

phugoid oscillation, 50–51

Pierce, Larry, 235

Pierce, Linda, 53, 175

pit (in fan disk MP0-00385), 314–22

Plambeck, Scott, 384n

Poole, Marcia, 139, 140–41, 146–47, 188

Porter, Ed, 140, 142–43, 145, 304

Postle, Tom, 14, 36, 37, 77, 357

postmortem procedures, 120–24, 128, 137–38, 234–55, 265–71

power law diagram, 337

Prato, Rose Marie Coletta, 26–27, 208

Prato, William Edward, 26–27, 208

Pridemore, Doug, 317, 329, 336–38, 396
n

Priest, Garry, 53, 118, 156, 167, 175, 201, 218, 219, 283–85, 290, 349–50, 349–53, 352–53, 354, 356

Queen Elizabeth
, 200

Quinlan, John, 140

radar, 17, 20, 24, 64, 276, 278, 294–95, 392

radar track,
33

ramps, 24
n
, 25

Ramsdell, Jay, 41, 42, 54, 156, 175, 188, 190, 202, 290–91, 329–30

Randa, Dave, 6, 7, 46–47, 51–52, 77–78, 79, 81, 83, 90–93, 104–6, 198, 216, 240, 249, 256, 297, 298, 338–41

Randa, Jim, 47, 339

Randa, Susan, 6, 46–47, 50, 78, 79, 81, 91, 104–6, 202, 216, 249, 297–98, 338–39, 356

Randa, Tammy, 51–52

Randall, Brad, 120–24, 234–42, 250, 253–55, 265–68

Randolph, Thomas, 251–52, 267

Rapoport, David, 262–65, 346

Rawson, Raymond D., 235

Reagan, Ronald, 173

reconnaissance photography, 279–81

Record of Dental Examination at Autopsy, 255

Records, William Roy, 7–14, 21, 29–35, 51, 62–68, 80, 81, 90, 93–94, 118, 131–32, 151–53, 361

Red Cross, 122, 123, 219, 238–39, 316

refrigerator tractor-trailer trucks, 138, 235, 241, 302–3

Rehnberg, Upton, 31, 111–12, 132–33, 134, 135, 156, 180, 192, 201, 247, 284

Reinders, Mark, 140, 145–48, 150

Rembrandt, Iowa, 279, 280, 286, 303

remote transmitter / receiver (RTR) site, 191–93, 195, 196, 217, 353

replication, 325–26

Reynolds, Amy, 175–76, 200, 356

Reynolds, Doug, 175–76, 356

Rickenbacker, Eddie, 60

Risinger, Brad, 220–21

river marks, 336

Robinson, D. B., 257, 304–5

Rohde, James Michael, 278

Rohde, Ron, 164, 168

Rostermundt, Matt, 191, 192

Runway 17-35, 99, 104, 131, 136, 233

Runway 22, 80, 88–90, 104, 115, 129, 130, 216, 228–29

Runway 31, 24, 25, 223

rutile (titanium oxide), 86, 157–58

SAM,
see
United Airlines Aircraft Maintenance

St. Luke’s hospital, 31, 119, 142, 188, 189, 207–12, 214, 219, 290–91, 359

Salvation Army, 238–39

Sass, Karin Elizabeth, 43

Schaden, Richard F., 264–65

Schemmel, Jerry, 13, 41–42, 54, 117, 156, 175, 176–78, 181, 182, 183, 188, 190, 202, 272, 284–85, 290–91, 329–30, 353–54, 356, 362, 398
n

Scott Township, Iowa, 279, 295

Seafair (1955), 59

search for fan disk MPO-00385, 275–82, 292–96, 311–15;
see also
Clark, John C.; Halverson, Harold; Sorenson, Dale; and Sorenson, Janice

secondary ion mass spectroscopy, 327

serial numbers, 61, 161, 185–86, 232–33

Shattuck, Bill, 154

Shattuck, Marie, 154

shear lip, 319–20

Sheldon, Ron, 14, 54, 118, 121, 155–56, 157, 162, 163, 164–67, 180, 274, 284, 357–58, 360

Shen, Kathy, 209

shot peening, 186, 320, 321, 327

single load failure, 319

Sioux City, Iowa, 74, 115–16, 121–22, 123, 136–38, 149, 167–70, 172, 182, 217, 219, 222, 271, 276, 283, 307, 316, 339, 350, 360

Sioux City Convention Center, 227, 228, 276, 283, 295

Sioux City Fire Department, 114, 140, 146–47, 150–52

Sioux City Journal
, 70–71, 139, 143–50, 188, 304, 311, 366

Sioux City Police Department, 143

Sioux Gateway Airport, 1–2, 16–25, 35, 37, 44–45, 49, 50, 61–64, 68, 70–71, 74, 80, 88, 91, 99–100, 114, 139–40, 150, 154, 157, 172–73, 191–93, 207, 215, 220–24, 361–62

Siouxland, 19–20, 22, 64, 114, 115–16, 136–38, 146, 240, 258, 341–42

Sioux Land Farm Agency, 80

Siouxland Health Services, 102, 129–30

sister disks, 187, 285, 287, 329

Skaanes, Gitte, 14, 54, 121, 165–66, 167, 169, 170, 285

Skuljski, Nina, 188

smear tests, 304, 318

Smith, Al, 24, 25, 71, 128

Smith, E. Steven, 121, 235, 255, 265–66

smoke inhalation, 167, 268, 316, 331–32

Socie, Darrell F., 87

Society of Aeronautical Engineers, 59

“sonic shape,” 185–86

Sorenson, Dale, 312–13, 317;
see also
fan disk MPO-00385

Sorenson, Janice, 312, 315;
see also
fan disk MPO-00385

“souls on board,” 20, 174

Southern Hills Mall, 1, 117, 141, 225, 280

Sperks, Marie, 8

Sperks, Walter, 8

stainless steel, 85–86, 304

stamp numbers, 328–29

stationary fins (stator vanes), 57

step polishing, 332

Storm Lake, Iowa, 229, 232, 233–34

striations, 336–38

Stryker saws, 254–55

Sudlow, Richard Howard, 47, 54, 78, 83, 96, 97, 107, 108, 233, 247, 248, 249

Sullenberger, Chesley “Sully,” 362

Sundberg, Chuck, 102, 114

Sundstrand model 573 flight data recorder, 15, 34, 132, 173–74, 216–17, 278, 378
n
, 384
n

Sundstrand model AV557B cockpit voice recorder (CVR), 15, 132, 216–17, 258, 380
n

superalloys, 85, 125, 304

survivor guilt, 42–43, 300, 309–10

Swanstrom, Dennis, 122, 123, 136, 215, 233, 275, 301, 302, 303, 344

Swetnam, Richard, 220–24

Theroux, Priscilla, 187, 190, 252–53

Thiele, Orville, 117, 146, 147