ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83) N566AA East Granby, CT
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Sunday 12 November 1995
Time:00:55
Type:Silhouette image of generic MD83 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83)
Operator:American Airlines
Registration: N566AA
MSN: 49348/1374
First flight: 1987
Total airframe hrs:27628
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 73
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 78
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Repaired
Location:East Granby, CT (   United States of America)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD), United States of America
Destination airport:Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT (BDL/KBDL), United States of America
Flightnumber:AA1572
Narrative:
American Airlines flight 1572, was substantially damaged when it impacted trees while on approach to runway 15 at Bradley International Airport. The airplane also impacted an instrument landing system antenna as it landed short of the runway on grassy, even terrain.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flightcrew’s failure to maintain the required minimum descent altitude until the required visual references identifiable with the runway were in sight. Contributing factors were the failure of the BDL approach controller to furnish the flightcrew with a current altimeter setting, and the flightcrew’s failure to ask for a more current setting."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: NTSB
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year
Accident number: NTSB/AAR-96/05
Download report: Final report

Sources:
» NTSB/AAR-96/05


Follow-up / safety actions

NTSB issued 15 Safety Recommendations

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Distance from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL to Windsor Locks-Bradley International Airport, CT as the crow flies is 1248 km (780 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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