Accident · 1995-11-12

NTSB case DCA96MA008 · McDonnell Douglas MD-83 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1995-11-12
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (N566AA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

the flightcrew's failure to maintain the required minimum descent altitude until the required visual references identifiable with the runway were in sight. Contributing factors were the failure of the BDL approach controller to furnish the flightcrew with a current altimeter setting, and the flightcrew's failure to ask for a more current setting. (NTSB Report AAR-96/05 adopted 11/13/96)

Source: NTSB case DCA96MA008

Flight 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.

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