# Incident 20000216001539I: Doug DC983, Palm Springs, CA, February 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2000, 07:06 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N597AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N597AA-2017-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000216001539I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AMERICAN AIRLINES INC OPERATED A MD-80 TYPE AIRCRAFT, N597AA LANDED ON RUNWAY ONE THREE RIGHT AND LOST CONTROL ON LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO THE LEFT APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES, STRIKING A RUNWAY SIGN.  THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO SKID TO THE RIGHT CROSSING BACK OVER THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND TAXIED TO THE GATE.  NO PASSENGERS WERE ABOARD THIS FLIGHT, ONLY THE FLIGHT CREW, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED MINOR DAMAGE. ALL PRINCIPAL INSPECTORS ASSIGNED TO AMERICAN AIRLINES CMO, HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND FOWARDED ALL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS INCIDENT.  THE AMR/CMO AND AMERICAN AIRLINES INC, HAVE DECIDED CORRECTIVE ACTION.  THIS MATTER IS CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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