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American Airlines 1420

Printed page xii. PDF page 14.

the runway; passed through a chain link security fence and over a rock embankment to a flood plain, located approximately 15 feet below the runway elevation; and collided with the structure supporting the runway 22L approach lighting system. The captain
Open official document at PDF page 14Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999

American Airlines 1420

Printed page 1. PDF page 15.

the runway; passed through a chain link security fence and over a rock embankment to a flood plain, located approximately 15 feet below the runway elevation; and collided with the structure supporting the runway 22L approach lighting system. The captain
Open official document at PDF page 15Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999

American Airlines 1420

Printed page 36. PDF page 50.

detailed the site constraints on the design and construction of the runway, including a flood plain of a creek and rising terrain to the southwest and the flood plain of the Arkansas River to the northeast. The total length available
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American Airlines 1420

Printed page 37. PDF page 51.

Structure The runway 22L approach lighting system support structure, which is located in a flood plain area of the Arkansas River, is not considered frangible. (The top portion of the structure-its walkway-is considered frangible.) According to AC 150/5300-13, a frangible
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American Airlines 1420

Printed page 43. PDF page 57.

approximately 800 feet beyond the departure end of runway 4R. Wreckage was found throughout the flood plain located approximately 15 feet below the runway elevation and down a rock embankment. Wreckage was also found up to 150 feet laterally from
Open official document at PDF page 57Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999

American Airlines 1420

Printed page 159. PDF page 173.

determined that the runway 22L approach lighting system at Little Rock, which is located in a flood plain area of the Arkansas River, could not be retrofitted to a frangible design because of the possibility that moving water, ice, and
Open official document at PDF page 173Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999