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recorded the sound of the ground proximity warning system (GPWS) radio altitude callout “sink rate.”19 Calculations based on FDR data indicated that the airplane was descending through an altitude of about 70 feet afl at the time of the firstOpen official document at PDF page 20Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999
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and final flaps), on Approach Speed, on the proper flight path and at the proper sink rate, and at stabilized thrust. These conditions should then be maintained throughout the rest of the approach. 125 Regarding American's useOpen official document at PDF page 88Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999
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be: At Approach Speed (VREF + additives) On the proper flight path at the proper sink rate At stabilized thrust These requirements must be maintained throughout the rest of the approach for it to be considered aOpen official document at PDF page 103Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999
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Langley engineer explained that, under the accident conditions and with the high vertical sink rate at which the airplane touched down, he had “no problem or no question about the wheels spinning up on touchdown.”Open official document at PDF page 107Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999
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callout. The CVR then recorded the airplane's GPWS announcement of the first of two sink rate alerts about 2350:13. FDR data indicated that the airplane was about 330 feet msl (70 feet afl) at the time. The second sink rateOpen official document at PDF page 140Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999
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(gear down and final flaps), on approach speed, on the proper flightpath, at the proper sink rate, and at stabilized thrust; these conditions were expected to be maintained throughout the rest of the approach. However, the guidance did not defineOpen official document at PDF page 174Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999