Incident · 2016-10-27
What the record says
- Event date
- 2016-10-27
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- BOEING 737 7L9 (N278EA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- EASTERN AIRLINES, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Eastern Airlines Group, Inc.,
Probable cause
The first officer's failure to attain the proper touchdown point and the flight crew's failure to call for a go-around, which resulted in the airplane landing more than halfway down the runway. Contributing to the incident were, the first officer's initiation of the landing flare at a relatively high altitude and his delay in reducing the throttles to idle, the captain's delay in manually deploying the speed brakes after touchdown, the captain's lack of command authority, and a lack of robust training provided by the operator to support the flight crew's decision-making concerning when to call for a go-around.
Source: NTSB case DCA17IA020Flight crew
Certification and experience as recorded in the NTSB accident database for this event. The NTSB records these facts about the crew's flying history; GroundCheck shows them as filed, without names or identities.
| Role | Certificate | Instrument rating | Age | Medical | Flight hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot pilot flying | Airline transport pilot | Airplane | 58 | Class 1 (2016-07-20) | 21,000 total · 2,500 in this make/model · 15,000 as PIC · 150 last 90 days |
| Co-pilot pilot flying | Airline transport pilot | Airplane | 48 | Class 1 (2016-10-11) | 6,400 total · 220 in this make/model · 3,100 as PIC · 80 last 90 days |
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.