Incident · 1996-06-05

NTSB case FTW96IA237 · McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1996-06-05
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) (N224AA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICAN AIRLINES

Probable cause

the flightcrew's inadvertent encounter with windshear at low altitude. Factors were: variable winds, high density altitude, and the FAA's inadequate location/height of the LLWAS sensor.

Source: NTSB case FTW96IA237

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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