Incident · 1990-08-10
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-08-10
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Airbus Industrie A320-211 (N306US)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- NORTHWEST AIRLINES
Probable cause
THE PILOT(S) ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROTATE TO AN EXCESSIVE NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, EITHER DURING A TAKEOFF OR LANDING.
Source: NTSB case DCA90IA048Flight 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.