Accident · 2002-11-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 2002-11-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (N452AA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AMERICAN AIRLINES INC
Probable cause
An inadvertent trauma to the passenger's foot during an emergency evacuation.
Source: NTSB case NYC03LA016Flight 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.