American Airlines Flight 1420
June 1999 runway overrun and crash in Arkansas, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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American Airlines Flight 1420 was a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Little Rock National Airport in the United States. On June 1, 1999, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operating as Flight 1420 overran the runway upon landing in Little Rock and crashed. Nine of the 145 people aboard were immediately killed—the captain and eight passengers. Two more passengers died in the hospital in the following weeks.
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Accident | |
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Date | June 1, 1999 |
Summary | Runway overrun in inclement weather due to pilot error[1]: xii |
Site | Little Rock National Airport Little Rock, Arkansas, United States 34°44′11″N 92°11′58″W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 |
Operator | American Airlines |
IATA flight No. | AA1420 |
ICAO flight No. | AAL1420 |
Call sign | AMERICAN 1420 |
Registration | N215AA |
Flight origin | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas, Texas, United States |
Destination | Little Rock National Airport Little Rock, Arkansas, United States |
Occupants | 145 |
Passengers | 139 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 11 (9 initially) |
Injuries | 110 |
Survivors | 134 (136 initially) |
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