Plane Crash List

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N121AA

22 November 1987 · Newark, New Jersey, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 November 1987 at about 04:07 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 registered N121AA, operated by American Airlines, was involved in an incident near Newark, New Jersey, United States. 94 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 04:07
Classification
Incident
Location
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Nearest airport
Newark International (EWR)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Registration
N121AA
Category
Airplane
Engines
3
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Chicago → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Not recorded
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
FTW88IA029

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
94 0 0 0 94

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE HARD LANDING THE CAPTAIN WAS OBSERVED BY THE COPILOT AND FLIGHT ENGINEER TO BE INCAPACITATED. THE COPILOT TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND GUIDED IT ONTO A HIGH SPEED TAXIWAY. WITH THE AID OF A FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND THE FLIGHT ENGINEER MANIPULATING THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING THE AIRPLANE WAS TAXIED SAFELY TO THE GATE. THE CAPTAIN WAS FOUND TO HAVE DIED OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. THE AUTOPSY REVEALED SEVERE OCCLUSIVE ARTHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE OF SEVERAL CORONARY ARTERIES. THE PILOT HAD A LONG HISTORY OF HYPERTENSION AND GOUT, WHICH HAD BEEN UNDER CONTROL UNTIL 18 MONTHS BEFORE THE INCIDENT WHEN A STRESS TEST WAS ABNORMAL. THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE THE RECOMMENDED FOLLOW-UP CARE AND FAILED TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM ON HIS TWO SUBSEQUENT APPLICATIONS FOR CLASS 1 MEDICAL CERTIFICATES, ON WHICH HE FALSELY INDICATED THAT HE WAS ON A FAA-APPROVED HEALTH MAINTENANCE PROGRAM ADMINISTRERED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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