Crash-aerien 03 FEB 1988 d'un McDonnell Douglas MD-83 N569AA - Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA)

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Statuts:	Enquête Officielle
Date:	03 FEV 1988
Heure:	16:14
Type/Sous-type:	McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Compagnie:	American Airlines
Immatriculation:	N569AA
Numéro de série:	49351/1385
Année de Fabrication:	1987
Heures de vol:	2001
Moteurs:	2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219
Equipage:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 11
Passagers:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 120
Total:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 131
Dégats de l'appareil:	Mineurs
Conséquences:	Repaired
Lieu de l'accident:	Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA) (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
Phase de vol:	Inconnu (UNK)
Nature:	Transport de Passagers Nat.
Aéroport de départ:	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Aéroport de destination:	Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA/KBNA), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Numéro de vol:	132

Détails:
American Airlines Flight 132 was, in addition to the passenger luggage in de midcargo compartment, loaded with a 104 pound fiber drum of textile treatment chemicals. Undeclared and improperly packaged hazardous materials inside the drum included 5 gallons of hydrogen peroxide solution and 25 punds of sodium orthosilicate-based mixture. While approaching Nashville at 16:03 the main cabin slowly started to fill with light smoke. Smoke was rising from the floor near seat 17E. After landing at 16:15 the aircraft was evacuated on a taxiway. A fire in the cargo compartment was extinguished.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "A chemical reaction resulting from a hydrogen peroxide solution, in concentration prohibited for air transportation, which leaked and combined with the sodium orthosilicate-based mixture from an undeclared and improperly prepared container . "

Sources:
» NTSB/HZM-88/02

Opérations de secours

NTSB issued 15 Safety Recommendations

Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: American Airlines	A-88-115
Revise procedures for accepting general freight packages for transportation to include questions developed to aid in identifying hazardous materials in packages that are not declared by shippers. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: American Airlines	A-88-116
Improve the design, content, and posted location of hazardous materials restriction notices to attract the attention of passengers and shippers and to increase the effectiveness of the warning notice. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: American Airlines	A-88-117
Review and modify as needed training programs to require joint cockpit and cabin crew training with respect to emergency procedures; specific attention should be given to conducting periodic emergency drills in which cockpit/cabin crew coordination and communication are practiced. (Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: American Airlines	A-88-118
Amend, as appropriate, operational procedures, manuals, training, flight attendants\' oral instructions, and passenger safety cards to provide consistent instructions to passengers on emergency evacuation actions. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: American Airlines	A-88-119
Train ground personnel who respond to aircraft emergencies on the proper procedures to be taken when aircraft fires are suspected. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: Research and Special Programs Administration	A-88-120
Require hazardous materials restriction notices to be posted at all air transportation freight acceptance facilities including air freight forwarder facilities. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: FAA	A-88-121
Develop written guidelines for use by persons responsible for inspecting air carrier facilities, require those persons to determine if hazardous materials warning notices are "prominently displayed" in all required locations, and require corrective actions as necessary. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: FAA	A-88-122
Require fire/smoke detection systems for all Class D cargo compartments. (Closed - Unacceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: FAA	A-88-123
Require a fire extinguishment system for all Class D cargo compartments. (Closed - Unacceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: FAA	A-88-124
Eevaluate prohibiting the transportation of oxidizers in cargo compartments that do not have fire/smoke detection and fire extinguishment systems, and determine if other classes of hazardous materials also should be excluded from cargo compartments without these safety systems. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: FAA	A-88-125
Review the certification of all types of cargo compartments to identify any aluminum or other components that fail to meet thermal protection requirements at least equal to cargo compartment liner thermal protection requirements. Require that all safety deficiencies be corrected. (Closed - Unacceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: FAA	A-88-126
REQUIRE PASSENGER CARRIERS OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PARTS 121 AND 135 TO INCLUDE IN TRAINING PROGRAMS JOINT COCKPIT AND CABIN CREW TRAINING ON EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND TO CONDUCT PERIODIC EMERGENCY DRILLS IN WHICH COCKPIT/CABIN CREW COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION ARE PRACTICED. (Closed - Reconsidered)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: FAA	A-88-127
CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF AUTHORIZED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CARGO IN FIRES FOR ALL TYPES OF CARGO COMPARTMENTS, AND REQUIRE APPROPRIATE SAFETY SYSTEMS TO PROTECT THE AIRCRAFT AND OCCUPANTS. (Closed - Unacceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: FAA	A-88-128
INSTRUCT PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS INSPECTORS TO DETERMINE IF PASSENGER SAFETY CARDS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT INSTRUCTIONS TO PASSENGERS FOR EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH EACH AIR CARRIER\'S EVACUATION PROCEDURES. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 24-OCT-1988	To: Air Transport Association	A-88-129
DEVELOP, IN COORDINATION WITH MEMBERS, A PROGRAM TO MORE EFFECTIVELY INFORM AND WARN PASSENGERS AND SHIPPERS ABOUT RESTRICTIONS AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND TO IMPROVE METHODS OF DETECTING UNDECLARED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OFFERED FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION. (Closed - Acceptable Action)

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Plan

Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX et Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN est de 1008 km (630 miles).

Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.

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