The report explains the ground spoiler activation in flight and subsequent hard landing of ValuJet Airlines flight 558, N922VV, a Douglas DC-9-32 at Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee. The safety issues discussed in the report include the adequacy of ValuJet's operations and maintenance manuals, specifically winter operations nosegear shock strut servicing procedures; the adequacy of ValuJet's pilot training/crew resource management training programs; flightcrew actions/decisionmaking; the role of communications (flightcrew/flight attendants/operations/dispatch/air traffic control); ValuJet's flightcrew pay schedules; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) oversight of ValuJet; and the adequacy of cockpit voice recorder (CVR) duration and procedures. Safety recommendations concerning these issues were made to the FAA and ValuJet Airlines.
National Transportation Safety Board Aircraft Accident Report: Ground Spoiler Activation in Flight/Hard Landing ValuJet Airlines Flight 558, Douglas D-9-32, N922VV, Nashville, Tennessee, January 7, 1996
1996
184 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Accident investigations , Aircraft accidents , Procedures , Landing , Operations , Maintenance , Training , Communication , Interpersonal communication , Human factors , Manuals , Procedure manuals , Tennessee , Recommendations , ValuJet Airlines flight 558 , Ground spoilers