Accident · 1998-02-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-02-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-223 (N845AA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the failure of the flight crew to maintain a proper pitch attitude for a successful landing or go-around. Contributing to the accident were the divergent pitch oscillations of the airplane, which occurred during the final approach and were the result of an improper autopilot desensitization rate.
Source: NTSB case DCA98MA023Flight 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.