- Date
- January 2, 1986, 23:21 local (Jan 3, 1986, 04:21 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 236 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N101AAMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860102026139I
- Case key
- 13536
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
N101AA was operating as American flt 192. Flt 192 was originally cleared to land on rwy 21R; however, a preceeding acft had a landing gear problem, so flt 192 was cleared to land on rwy 21C, instead. The coplt, who was flying the acft, made a side-step maneuver to land on rwy 21C. The acft touched down long on the 8500 ft rwy. The flt crew rprtd that 'everything seemed normal during the rollout until below 80 knots when the aircraft did not seem to slow.' The crewmembers were unable to stop on the remaining rwy despite the use of brakes & reverse thrust. Info obtained during the investigation showed that the acft had touched down with an estimated 5037 ft of rwy remaining. According to the performance handbook, the stopping distance on an icy rwy would have been over 5100 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101AA
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46500
- Airframe hours
- 37,283
- Engine
- GE CF6-6D, 42,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust Company Trust
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DTW · Detroit Metropolitan, runway 21C, 8,500 × 200 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,950 total · 2,466 in this make and model · 125 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DTW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.