Accident · 1996-02-20
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-02-20
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Airbus Industrie A-300B4-605R (N11060)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
unsuccessful use of the evacuation slides by passengers during an emergency evacuation of the aircraft. The hydraulic valve failure, subsequent hydraulic leak, and resultant smoke were related factors.
Source: NTSB case NYC96LA063Flight 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.