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November 12, 2001

(2 months and 1 day after 9/11)

Model:Airbus A300

Departs: JFK Airport, NY

Destination: Las Americas International Airport, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Pilot: Ed States

Co-Pilot: Stan Molin

Cause of Crash: Pilot error in responding to turbulence.

The pilot overused the rudder to counter turbulence.

Events leading to crash:

  • Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400 takes off
  • Airbus A300B4-605R (this plane) takes off the same runway 30 sec later
  • Control tower warns Airbus A300B4-605R of turbulence
  • 1 minute later, Airbus A300B4-605R experiences small turbulence
  • 30 sec later, Airbus A300B4-605R faces a much larger turbulence
  • Plane starts banking to the left
  • Stan Molin (co-pilot) starts using the rudder with the pedals from what he was taught in training, not realizing how sensitive the rudder was on the plane
  • Plane then swings to the right because the rudder moved to the max, the vertical stabilizer faces stress because of the low altitude and high speed
  • The rudder movements violently moves the plane, but Stan Molin thinks it was the turbulence

Events leading to the crash (continued):

  • Stan Molin continues to use the rudder making the plane lose even more control
  • Both the pilot and co-pilot still think the plane is stuck in the turbulence
  • The desperate pilot Stan Molin tries everything to regain control, including the rudder (makes things worse)
  • After 5 rudder movements, the vertical stabilizer comes off the fuselage
  • G-forces tear off both the engines
  • Now they are completely screwed
  • and then... KA BOOOM!

Results:

  • All 260 people onboard die
  • 5 people on the ground die
  • 1 person on the ground injured
  • Plane crashed in Queens, NY
  • 4 homes destroyed
  • 3 homes with major damage
  • 3 homes with minor damage
  • At first, it was thought to be another terrorist plot since it was right after 9/11

Changes:

  • American Airlines pilot training
  • American Airlines retired all Airbus A300-600 in 2009

American Airlines 587 is the 2nd deadliest crash in the US, it was like a 2nd 9/11 for people who experience both events.

Sources:

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20011130X02321&key=1

http://dms.ntsb.gov/aviation/AccidentReports/renrqif0njtniyivlft0am3n1/K01162013120000.pdf

http://dms.ntsb.gov/aviation/AccidentReports/1uhxrnexfnzumtbmxi34so551/T01162013120000.pdf

American Airlines Flight 587

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