The Crash of American Airlines Flight 587 – Pilot Training a…

7.3 Case Study Analysis The Crash of American Airlines Flight 587 – Pilot Training and CRM Failures Overview Two months after two hijacked airliners were flown into the World Trade Center buildings in New York, an American Airlines Airbus A300 crashed in Queens shortly after takeoff from JFK airport. All 260 passengers and crew, plus five people on the ground were killed. Though much of the early focus in the media was on the possibility that this was another terror attack, the NTSB investigation revealed that excessive rudder inputs by the First Officer when encountering wake turbulence led to the separation of the vertical stabilizer and an unrecoverable situation. Furthermore, the NTSB found that the training and simulation programs of American Airlines contributed to the FO’s perception that such large rudder inputs were required to maintain control during wake turbulence encounters. Watch American Airlines Flight 587 | Air Crash Investigation | National Geographic (YouTube/45:16).Links to an external site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75XEVALI4_k&t=13s Also available on Amazon Prime Video, Air Crash Investigations, Season 5, Episode 5, “Queens Catastrophe” Review the NTSB accident report: In-Flight Separation of Vertical Stabilizer American Airlines Flight 587/NTSB.Links to an external site. https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0404.pdf Case Study Analysis Requirements Prepare a three to five-page paper (APA format, double-spaced, not including cover page) analyzing the crash of American Flight 587. You will evaluate the performance of the crew (and other teammates such as ATC, concerning this module’s lesson on aircrew training, simulation, and CRM. Appraise the qualifications of the crew and highlight any potential deficiencies. How might simulator training have been better used to correct these deficiencies? What CRM failures can you identify? Please do not write a narrative describing the sequence of events in this mishap. You can assume your instructor is well-informed about what happened. Instead, focus on why it happened (threats, errors, CRM breakdowns) and how the mishap could have been avoided (using TEM and good CRM).(Links to an external site.) Tip: For ideas on analyzing case studies in this course with respect to TEM, refer to the Threat & Error Management (PPTX) Download Threat & Error Management (PPTX)presentation (public domain from the U.S. Navy) or the two PowerPoints located under the Management and Threat and Error Management (TEM) bullet at Training, LOSA Software, and Forms/FAA.Links to an external site. Save your assignment using a naming convention that includes your first and last name and the activity number (or description). Do not add punctuation or special characters. Your paper will automatically be evaluated through Turnitin when you submit your assignment in this activity.

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0404.pdf