This report explains the accident involving American Airlines flight 587, an Airbus Industrie A300-605R, N14053, which crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, USA following the in-flight separation of the airplane’s vertical stabilizer and rudder. The safety issues discussed in this report focus on characteristics of the A300-600 rudder control system design,…… Continue Reading →
The pilot flying applied forward pressure on the control column but did not increase power when the stall-warning system activated during takeoff. The airplane descended into water soon thereafter. The controlled-flight-into-terrain (CFIT) accident occurred on a dark night with limited external visual references available for the flight crew…. Continue Reading →
The aeroplane did not respond to the pilots' commands on the controls to pitch up the aircraft and to reduce the vertical speed on the flare, causing the aircraft to impact against the threshold of the runway in a slight nose-down attitude. Upon impact, the nose landing gear collapsed, but the aircraft remained within the…… Continue Reading →
The report said that spatial disorientation likely was involved in the flight crew’s controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) during an attempted go-around. The ground-proximity warning system generated nine warnings before the aircraft struck the sea…. Continue Reading →
The aircraft was in the cruise at FL340 when it encountered an area of severe turbulence and hail. Some of the flight deck windows became crazed and other areas of the airframe suffered extensive damage although this was not apparent to the crew…. Continue Reading →
On touchdwon, after a normal ILS approach, the normal braking and alternate braking system failed. The captain elected to turn the aircraft through some 90° to the right where the aircraft ran into a low earth embankment. The nose gear collapsed while the engines made contact with the embankment, bringing the aircraft to a stop…. Continue Reading →
An A340 Crew Conducts Emergency Landing With Left-main Gear Partially Extended… Continue Reading →
The report said that a wheel-brake torque rod detached and prevented the left-main gear from extending fully. The aircraft was substantially damaged during the emergency landing at London Heathrow Airport. Seven occupants received minor injuries during evacuation…. Continue Reading →
Within seconds of becoming airborne, the flight crew were informed by ATC that the aircraft had scraped its tail on takeoff. The commander acknowledged the report and the aircraft continued with the standard instrument departure but unpressurized and not above 6,000 feet altitude…. Continue Reading →
Serious altitude bust during approach due to an incorrect QNH setting… Continue Reading →