Accidents Flashcards
UAL DC-8 and TWA constellation 1960
Jet placed in holding pattern and made larger circle to crash into descending aircraft
How: made speed limits at certain alts
UAL TWA 1956
Grand Canyon crash cancel of IFR
How: cancel IFR for major air carriers is now illegal
Eastern air flight 401
Nose wheel light didn’t indicate down and crew lost focus on monitoring the autopilot
How: emphasis placed on crew resource management
Turkish air 981 1974
Cargo door opened in flight and the plane crashed due to external damage (maintenance cutting corners)
How: made the NTSB so that safety board wasn’t focused on government ruling
Pan Am 480 1736
Aircraft collided with another on the runway when they were diverted to another airport. The aircraft on ground was not cleared for takeoff and there was another aircraft on the runway.
How: more emphasis on CRM
National 193 1978
Pilots went below minimums before the runway was in sight when the ils was out
How: pilots aren’t allowed to descent below mins
PSA 182 1978
Boeing 727 overtook a Cessna on final and the two collided. There was no tower advisory for the sake of the Cessna.
How: restricted commercial aircraft from general aviation airports
American 191 1979
Engine fell off on takeoff due to poor maintenance practices
How: improved maintenance standards and flaps lock in place when hydraulic pressure is lost
Air Florida flight 90 1982
Pitot tubes froze and takeoff rotation happened before airspeed was sufficient
How: more strict icing training was integrated into commercial pilot programs
Mystery Crash
Microburst in the final stage of landing and aircraft porpoised into the ground
How: aircraft have microburst detecting technology
Continental 1713 in 1987
Over rotation during takeoff Due to lack of experience in both pilots
How: made new experience requirements for pilots
United 232
Tail engine exploded and cut all hydraulic lines
How: made backups not so close together and made engines able to contain shrapnel in the case of an explosion
US air 5050
Ran off the runway due to poor exchange of flight controls, company hid the pilots
How: anti skid breaks on airplanes and the companies are not aloud to keep pilots from the NTSB
USair 1439
Airplane cleared to land ontop of another aircraft holding on the runway.
How: increased fire resistance of the aircraft materials and made different runways used for takeoff and landing
UAL 585
Unknown pitch and roll crash
Us air 427
Second mystery pitch and roll accident that was found to come from a control unit failure
How: reengineering of all aircraft of that same type
American eagle flight 4184
Boots on wing didn’t deice properly
How:increased boot size for greater deicing ability
Valujet 592 1996
Oxygen tank fire in flight due to lack of certified aps in saber tech
How: following rules is emphasized and there is no longer a class D cargo space on aircraft
TWA 800
Fuel tank explosion in flight due to faulty wiring over fuel tanks
How: cracking insulation retrofit
Egypt air 990
Pilot commited suicide and locked captain out
How: two people must be in the cockpit at all times
Air France Concorde
Piece of metal shredded tire brok fuel tank and plane lit on fire
How:horrid international court ruling and aircraft grounding
Southwest 1248
Landed on not cleared runway and slid off the end
How: new arresting equipment on the ends of major airport runways
Com air 5191
Jet took off of wrong runway and over ran the runway
How: two controllers required to be on duty and pilots use compass for verification of the runway
Us air 1549
Hudson River landing due to geese
How: rule and regulations for wildlife management
