The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable causes of this accident were "the flight crew's failure to discontinue the approach when severe thunderstorms and their associated hazards to flight operations had moved into the airport area, and the crew's failure to ensure that the spoilers had extended after touchdown. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post-crash fire. The first officer, flight attendants and 105 passengers received serious or minor injuries, and 24 passengers were not injured. The captain and ten passengers were killed. The aircraft continued through a chain link fence and over a rock embankment into a flood plain, where it came to rest after colliding with the runway 22L approach lighting support structure. After departing the end of the runway, the airplane struck supporting structure for the instrument landing system localizer array, located 411 feet beyond the end of the runway. Shortly before midnight on the evening of June 1, 1999, American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed after the aircraft overran the end of runway 4R during landing at Little Rock National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. Photo copyright Hector A Rivera-SJU - used with permission American Airlines Flight 1420, N215AA Little Rock, Arkansas June 1, 1999 Recreational Flyers & Modeler Community-Based Organizations.Critical Infrastructure & Public Venues.Certificated Remote Pilots including Commercial Operators.Legislation & Policies, Regulations & Guidance.Data & Research Subnav: Data & Research 1.Airport Safety Information Video Series.Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Program.Airport Coronavirus Response Grant Program.General Aviation & Recreational Aircraft.Vintage & Experimental Aircraft Program.Aviation Safety Draft Documents Open for Comment.
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