# Accident 20001120044009A: Airbus A300B4605R, Miami, FL, November 20, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2000, 12:22 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 25.8150° N, 80.2967° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8150&lon=-80.2967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14056, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14056-2011-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A300 B4-605R (registry code 3930308, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-b4-605r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300B4605R
- People aboard: 114
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001120044009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTURE FROM MIA, AAL 1291 EXPERIENCED PRESSURIZATION PROBLEMS. THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT NEITHER AUTOMATIC PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER COULD CONTROL THE CABIN PRESSURE. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO MIA. AFTER LANDING, AAL 1291 CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION ON THE AIRPORT RAMP DUE TO SMOKE AND FIRE WARNINGS WITHIN THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE EVACUATION A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FORWARD AND AFT OUTFLOW VALVES WERE BLOCKED BY INSULATION MATERIAL AND DID NOT ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPRESSURIZE AFTER LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRESSURIZED WHEN THE FORWARD (L-1) DOOR WAS OPENED BY THE FATALLY INJURED FLIGHT ATTENDANT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA01FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA029), Nov 20, 2000: Airbus Industrie A300B4-605R (N14056), Miami, FL, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the flight crew to perform the cabin pressurization manual control abnormal checklist after experiencing a pressurization system malfunction and switching to manual pressurization…

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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