- Date
- December 22, 2009, 22:22 local (Dec 23, 2009, 03:22 UTC)
- Place
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Injuries
- 14 serious, 1 minor, 139 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N977ANBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 20091222857289A
- Case key
- 75194
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N977AN
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (823)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29550
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines Inc.,
- Registered owner
- Wells Fargo Bank Northwest N.A Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Destination
- MKJP · Kingston
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MKJP · Norman Manley International, runway 12, 8,911 × 151 ft, asphalt
N977ANRegistration cancelled Mar 15, 2010 · Boeing 737-823Airframe modelBoeing 737-823Engine modelCFM International CFM56 series
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 14 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.