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American Airlines 1420

Printed page xii. PDF page 14.

crewmembers, 4 flight attendants, and 139 passengers aboard and touched down in Little Rock at 2350:20. After departing the end of the runway, the airplane struck several tubes extending outward from the left edge of the instrument landing system localizer
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American Airlines 1420

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crewmembers, 4 flight attendants, and 139 passengers aboard and touched down in Little Rock at 2350:20. After departing the end of the runway, the airplane struck several tubes extending outward from the left edge of the instrument landing system (ILS)
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American Airlines 1420

Printed page 6. PDF page 20.

made. FDR and CVR data indicated that the airplane touched down on the runway about 2350:20. About 2350:22, the first officer stated “we're down;” about 2 seconds later, he stated, “we're sliding.” FDR data also indicated that, over a 7-second
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American Airlines 1420

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severe convective activity. 2.2.2 The Landing Flight 1420 touched down on runway 4R at 2350:20 at a speed of 160 knots. The airplane touched down about 2,000 feet down the 7,200-foot runway, slightly to the right of the centerline and
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American Airlines 1420

Printed page 131. PDF page 145.

to the sound of an airplane touching down on a runway along with a “squeak” sound at 2350:20.2, 2 seconds before the first officer stated, “we're down.” Analysis of the CVR sound spectrum for the accident airplane indicated that the
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American Airlines 1420

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about the intensity of the storm. Because the accident airplane did not touch down until 2350:20, the information in the canceled 2347:22 special observation would have provided the flight crew with another indication that it was unsafe to land. The
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