A Research Paper on American Airlines Flight 587
A Research Paper on American Airlines Flight 587
Abstract
The following is a research paper on American Airlines Flight 587 that after losing its horizontal tail rudder crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York shortly after takeoff from John F Kennedy Airport. I will discuss the characteristics of the A300-600 rudder control system design, A300-600 rudder pedal inputs at high airspeeds, rudder composite structure, aircraft-pilot coupling, and wake turbulence, and the NTSB summary of what caused the crash of flight AA587
A Research Paper on American Airlines Flight 587
The History of flight AA587
On November 12, 2001, at 0916 eastern standard time, American Airlines flight 587, an Airbus Industry A300-605R, N14053, crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Jamaica, New York. Flight 587 was a scheduled passenger flight to Las Americas International Airport, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with 2 flight Crewmembers, 7 flight attendants, and 251 passengers3 aboard the airplane. The airplanes vertical stabilizer and rudder separated in flight and were found in Jamaica Bay, about 1 mile north of the main wreckage site. The airplane’s engines also separated in flight and were found several blocks north and east of the main wreckage site. All 260 people aboard the airplane and 5 people on the ground were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post-crash fire. Flight 587 was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The accident airplane was delivered new to American Airlines on July 12, 1988. At the time of the accident, the airplane had accumulated 37,550 flight hours and 14,934 cycles.
History of Airbus A300
The development of the A300 airplane began in May 1969, and the first
Abstract
The following is a research paper on American Airlines Flight 587 that after losing its horizontal tail rudder crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York shortly after takeoff from John F Kennedy Airport. I will discuss the characteristics of the A300-600 rudder control system design, A300-600 rudder pedal inputs at high airspeeds, rudder composite structure, aircraft-pilot coupling, and wake turbulence, and the NTSB summary of what caused the crash of flight AA587
A Research Paper on American Airlines Flight 587
The History of flight AA587
On November 12, 2001, at 0916 eastern standard time, American Airlines flight 587, an Airbus Industry A300-605R, N14053, crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Jamaica, New York. Flight 587 was a scheduled passenger flight to Las Americas International Airport, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with 2 flight Crewmembers, 7 flight attendants, and 251 passengers3 aboard the airplane. The airplanes vertical stabilizer and rudder separated in flight and were found in Jamaica Bay, about 1 mile north of the main wreckage site. The airplane’s engines also separated in flight and were found several blocks north and east of the main wreckage site. All 260 people aboard the airplane and 5 people on the ground were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post-crash fire. Flight 587 was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The accident airplane was delivered new to American Airlines on July 12, 1988. At the time of the accident, the airplane had accumulated 37,550 flight hours and 14,934 cycles.
History of Airbus A300
The development of the A300 airplane began in May 1969, and the first
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