AbstractThis paper briefly explores how fatigue, stress, and task saturation contribute to the crash of American Airlines Flight 1420. The flight timeline will be broken down and the factors contributing to the crash will be discussedAccident Report SummaryNTSB Identification: DCA99MA060.
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Scheduled 14 CFR Part 121: Air Carrier AMERICAN AIRLINES INCAccident occurred Tuesday, June 01, 1999 in LITTLE ROCK, ARProbable Cause Approval Date: 5/28/2002Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration: N215AAInjuries: 11 Fatal, 45 Serious, 65 Minor, 24 Uninjured.
The full report (NTSB/AAR-01-02) is available on the NTSB Web site. See http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/publictn.htm for details.
On June 1, 1999, at 2350:44 central daylight time,1 American Airlines flight 1420, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82), N215AA, crashed after it overran the end of runway 4R during landing at Little Rock National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. Flight 1420 departed from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, about 2240 with 2 flight crewmembers, 4 flight attendants, and 139 passengers aboard and touched down in Little Rock at 2350:20.
American Airlines Flight 1420
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Stato della Città del VaticanoAfter departing the end of the runway, the airplane struck several tubes extending outward from the left edge of the instrument landing system (ILS) localizer array, located 411 feet beyond the end of the runway; passed through a chain link security fence and over a rock embankment to a flood plain, located approximately 15 feet below the runway elevation; and collided with the structure supporting the runway 22L approach lighting system. The captain and 10 passengers were killed; the first officer, the flight attendants, and 105 passengers received serious or minor injuries; and 24 passengers were not injured.2 The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a postcrash fire. Flight 1420 was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 on an instrument flight...