Vliegtuigongeval op 03 FEB 1988 met McDonnell Douglas MD-83 N569AA

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Last updated: 20 June 2013

Status:	Definitief
Datum:	03 FEB 1988
Tijd:	16:14
Type:	McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Luchtvaartmaatschappij:	American Airlines
Registratie:	N569AA
Constructienummer:	49351/1385
Bouwjaar:	1987
Aantal vlieguren:	2001
Motoren:	2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219
Bemanning:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 11
Passagiers:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 120
Totaal:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 131
Schade:	Licht
Gevolgen:	Repaired
Plaats:	Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA) (Verenigde Staten)
Fase:	Onbekend (UNK)
Soort vlucht:	Binnenlandse lijnvlucht
Vliegveld van vertrek:	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW), Verenigde Staten
Vliegveld van aankomst:	Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA/KBNA), Verenigde Staten
Vluchtnummer:	132

Beschrijving:
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 . "

Bronnen:
» NTSB/HZM-88/02

Veiligheidsmaatregelen

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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Kaart

Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX en Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN bedraagt 1008 km (630 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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