Accident · 2001-11-12
What the record says
- Event date
- 2001-11-12
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Airbus Industrie A300B4-605R (N14053)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by the first officer's unnecessary and excessive rudder pedal inputs. Contributing to these rudder pedal inputs were characteristics of the Airbus A300-600 rudder system design and elements of the American Airlines Advanced Aircraft Maneuvering Program.
Source: NTSB case DCA02MA001Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.