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  1. American Airlines Flight 1420 - Wikipedia

    • 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 passen… 展开

    Aircraft

    The aircraft involved in the incident was a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (registration N215AA ), a derivative of the
    The … 展开

    Flight crew

    Flight 1420 was commanded by Captain Richard Buschmann, age 48, an experienced pilot with 10,234 flight hours, nearly half of which were accumulated flying the MD-80 series of aircraft. Buschmann grad… 展开

    Flight and weather conditions

    Flight 1420 was scheduled to depart DFW at 20:28 (8:28 pm) Central Daylight Time, and arrive in Little Rock at 21:41 (9:41 pm). The flight crew was advised before boarding that the departure would be delayed, and tha… 展开

    Crash

    The aircraft touched down on Runway 4R at 23:50:20 (11:50:20 pm). About two seconds after the wheels touched down, First Officer Origel stated, "We're down. We're sliding!" Because the pilots failed to arm the autospoi… 展开

    Investigation

    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated the crash.
    The NTSB conducted extensive testing to determine whether the automatic spoiler and brake systems had been armed by the pilots before lan… 展开

    Legal issues

    Multiple lawsuits were filed after the crash, and on December 15, 1999, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated the various federal lawsuits for consolidated and coordinated pretrial proceedings, and assigned the cas… 展开

    Aftermath

    A 2004 memorial ceremony was held adjacent to the airport. Survivor Jeana Varnell attended the ceremony, but was quoted in a newspaper article as saying that she strongly objected to memorializing Captain Buschm… 展开