Boeing 757 223 N654A

Summary

On 16 September 2014 at about 00:27 local time, a Boeing 757 223 registered N654A, operated by American Airlines Inc, was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida, United States. 172 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 September 2014 at 00:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Miami Intl (MIA)

Coordinates

25.7658, -80.2189

Aircraft

Boeing 757 223

Registration

N654A

Category

Airplane

Year built

1991

Engines

2

Operator

American Airlines Inc

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Juan → Miami

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DCA14CA161

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the first officer to control the airplane pitch after touchdown. Contributing to the accident was the first officers inexperience in the aircraft type.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On September 15, 2014, at about 2027 eastern daylight time, American Airlines flight 2404, a B757-200, N654A, experienced a tail strike during landing at Miami International Airport (KMIA), Miami, Florida. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the aft pressure bulkhead and there were no injuries to the 172 passengers and crew onboard. The flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 121 as a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (KSJU), San Juan, Puerto Rico to KMIA. According to the operator, the first officer (FO) was the pilot flying and the captain was the pilot monitoring and was initial operating experience (IOE) training for the FO.  The flight crew reported that they had the ILS tuned and the approach was stabilized.  They reported that the main gear touchdown was smooth but that the nose came up rapidly before the captain could make the "deployed" call for the spoilers. The captain reportedly quickly grabbed the yoke and lowered the nose to the ground. Postflight maintenance inspection found damage to the aft fuselage skin and substantial damage to the aft pressure bulkhead.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.