On the evening of October 19, 2004 a corporate airline jet that was doing business for American Airlines crashed during the final approach into Kirksville Regional Airport in Kirksville, Missouri. There were fifteen individuals on board the aircraft when it crashed into trees. After striking the ground the aircraft was destroyed and after the impact a fire on the ground broke out because of the plane crash. The conditions of that night were IMC. (NTSB)
History of the Flight
It was on the night of October 19, 2004 when flight 5966 crashed just before runway 36 at Kirksville Regional Airport. This flight was on the regular scheduled structure that was four days. (NTSB) The captain was the one who was flying the aircraft while the first officer was monitoring the flight. As the pilots were approaching runway 36 they listened to the weather which told them that the wind was from 040 at 6 knots with only 4-mile visibility, because the ceiling was overcast only 300 feet above ground level. …show more content…
There were small pieces of aircraft that were scattered around but the main crash when looking at the pictures that were provided on each of my sources looked very brutal. The main wreckage area that was found in the trees was a bunch of twisted and mangled metal surrounded by burnt trees as well as burnt grass. Even though the crash was very bad they were able to identify the instrument panel and some of the fuselage. (ASN) They found that the all of the instruments were working at the time of the crash. Some of the components of the aircraft were still in tact but other pieces, such as the rudder, were in many different pieces scattered everywhere. Even though the engines had both been in the crash the left engine was mainly intact and did not have any fire damage to the engine. However, the right engine was with most of the wreckage and had a lot of fire
History of the Flight
It was on the night of October 19, 2004 when flight 5966 crashed just before runway 36 at Kirksville Regional Airport. This flight was on the regular scheduled structure that was four days. (NTSB) The captain was the one who was flying the aircraft while the first officer was monitoring the flight. As the pilots were approaching runway 36 they listened to the weather which told them that the wind was from 040 at 6 knots with only 4-mile visibility, because the ceiling was overcast only 300 feet above ground level. …show more content…
There were small pieces of aircraft that were scattered around but the main crash when looking at the pictures that were provided on each of my sources looked very brutal. The main wreckage area that was found in the trees was a bunch of twisted and mangled metal surrounded by burnt trees as well as burnt grass. Even though the crash was very bad they were able to identify the instrument panel and some of the fuselage. (ASN) They found that the all of the instruments were working at the time of the crash. Some of the components of the aircraft were still in tact but other pieces, such as the rudder, were in many different pieces scattered everywhere. Even though the engines had both been in the crash the left engine was mainly intact and did not have any fire damage to the engine. However, the right engine was with most of the wreckage and had a lot of fire