Accident · 1999-06-01

What the record says

Event date

1999-06-01

Event type

Accident

Highest injury level

Fatal injury

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (N215AA)

Operating rule

Part 121

Operator

operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The flight crew's failure to discontinue the approach when severe thunderstorms and their associated hazards to flight operations had moved into the airport area and the crew's failure to ensure that the spoilers had extended after touchdown. Contributing to the accident were the flight crew's (1) impaired performance resulting from fatigue and the situational stress associated with the intent to land under the circumstances, (2) continuation of the approach to a landing when the company's maximum crosswind component was exceeded, and (3) use of reverse thrust greater than 1.3 engine pressure ratio after landing.

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.