Runway excursion in inclement weather due to incomplete training which led to pilot error
Site
Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Jamaica 17°55′51″N76°46′30″W / 17.93083°N 76.77500°W / 17.93083; -76.77500
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-823
Operator
American Airlines
IATA flight No.
AA331
ICAO flight No.
AAL331
Call sign
AMERICAN 331
Registration
N977AN
Flight origin
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Stopover
Miami International Airport
Destination
Norman Manley International Airport
Occupants
154
Passengers
148[1]
Crew
6[1]
Fatalities
0[1]
Injuries
85[1]
Survivors
154[1]
On 22 December 2009, an American Airlines Boeing 737-800, operating American Airlines Flight 331 (Washington, D.C.–Miami–Kingston, Jamaica) and carrying 148 passengers and six crew, overran runway 12 on landing at Kingston in poor weather. The plane continued on the ground outside the airport perimeter and broke apart on the beach, causing injuries.
Factors contributing to the crash include the speed of the aircraft upon landing and the plane touching down more than 4,000 feet from the threshold of the runway. Contributing factors included American Airlines' failure to provide training on tailwind landings, and the FAA's failure to implement the NTSB's previous recommendation, following a previous fatal accident involving a tailwind landing attempt, that the FAA require commercial operators to train flight crews on tailwind landings.
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