Boeing 757-223 N668AA

Summary

On 29 December 2010 at about 18:38 local time, a Boeing 757-223 registered N668AA, operated by American Airlines Inc, was involved in an incident near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States. 189 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 December 2010 at 18:38

Classification

Incident

Location

Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States

Nearest airport

Jackson Hole Airport (JAC)

Coordinates

43.4700, -110.7600

Aircraft

Boeing 757-223

Registration

N668AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

American Airlines Inc

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chicago → Jackson Hole

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA11IA015

Nobody was injured.

a manufacturing defect in a clutch mechanism that prevented the speedbrakes from automatically deploying after touchdown, and the captain’s failure to monitor and extend the speedbrakes manually. Also causal was the failure of the thrust reversers to deploy when initially commanded. Contributing to the incident was the captain’s failure to confirm speedbrake extension before announcing their deployment, and his distraction caused by the thrust reversers’ failure to initially deploy after landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The National Transportation Safety Board’s full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-12/01. On December 29, 2010, about 1138 mountain standard time, American Airlines flight 2253, a Boeing 757-200, N668AA, ran off the departure end of runway 19 after landing at Jackson Hole Airport (JAC), Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The airplane came to rest about 730 feet past the departure end of the runway in deep snow. The 179 passengers, 2 pilots, and 4 flight attendants on board were not injured, and the airplane sustained minor damage. The airplane was registered to and operated by American Airlines as a scheduled domestic flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121. Instrument meteorological conditions in light snow prevailed at JAC at the time of the landing, and the flight operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The flight originated from Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago, Illinois, about 0941 central standard time.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.