MINR · McDonnell Douglas MD-83 · 1995-11-12 · EAST GRANBY, CT, USA
Event
NTSB number
DCA96MA008
Event ID
20001207X04839
Type
Accident
Date
1995-11-12
Location
EAST GRANBY, CT, USA
Injuries
Highest injury
MINR
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
1
Uninjured
77
Total aboard
78
Aircraft
Make
McDonnell Douglas
Model
MD-83
Registration
N566AA
FAR Part
121
Engines
2
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
NDRK
Weather
IMC
Probable cause
the flightcrew's failure to maintain the required minimum descent altitude until the required visual references identifiable with the runway were in sight. Contributing factors were the failure of the BDL approach controller to furnish the flightcrew with a current altimeter setting, and the flightcrew's failure to ask for a more current setting. (NTSB Report AAR-96/05 adopted 11/13/96)