American Airlines 1420
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Safety Board concludes that the use of reverse thrust at levels greater than 1.3 EPR significantly reduced the effectiveness of the airplane's rudder and vertical stabilizer and resulted in further directional control problems on the runway. Postaccident observations ofOpen official document at PDF page 150Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999