- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | November 12, 1995 |
Time: | 0055 |
Location: | East Granby, Connecticut |
Operator: | American Airlines |
Flight #: | 1572 |
Route: | Chicago - East Granby |
AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 |
Registration: | N566AA |
cn / ln: | 49348/1374 |
Aboard: | 78 (passengers:73 crew:5) |
Fatalities: | 0 (passengers:0 crew:0) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While performing a non-precision approach in poor weather to runway 15 at Bradley International Airport, the plane struck the tops of trees and landed short of the runway. The airplane also impacted a instrument landing system antenna, bounced onto the runway, and landed safely. The flight crew'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 flight crew with a current altimeter setting, and the flight crew's failure to ask for a more current setting. |
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