THE CRASH OF
AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 1420
6-2-1999
PERSONAL COMMENTS
When this crash manifested
in real time, the answer to my question regarding
the fate of the pilot
was answered - he had died and it was his spirit that I was
communicating with
in my OBE of the crash. So as you read the news reports
on this crash, keep
in mind that this pilot - Captain Richard Buschman - did
understand that he
was responsible for the crash, and helped to save some of
the lives of his passengers
... after he himself had died. Why the pilot attempted to land at
all, considering the conditions, is something he never passed on to me.
Starfire Tor
NEWS REPORTS
Crash Probe Focuses On Landing In Storm
(Rueters) American
Airlines Flight 1420 crashed on landing in Little Rock, Arkansas during
a thunderstorm. Winds just before the accident were reported from
40 to 76 knots. The aircraft overran the runway, and collided with an approach
light tier, breaking the fuselage into three pieces.
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The pilot, who died, was Capt. Richard Buschman Tuesday's motion argues that the testimony of Ewell, Origel and Nelson "reveals overwhelming evidence of many violations of American Airlines' policy and procedure, Federal Airlines regulations and safe operating procedure of an MD-82." It says that includes:
Attempting to land on a wet runway in winds that were known to exceed the airline's crosswind limitations. Failing to execute a missed approach after learning of the excessive crosswinds. Descending below the minimum descent altitude allowed for an Instrument Landing System approach while the pilot could not see the runway. Failing to execute a missed approach when the runway was not in sight at the minimum descent altitude. Operating the airplane in an area of known thunderstorms and violating the airlines' thunderstorm-avoidance policy. Failing to activate the spoilers before landing. The motion quotes from previously released transcripts of cockpit and control-tower recordings and from testimony taken during the National Transportation Safety Board's three-day public hearing into the crash in January. One of those it quotes is truck driver James Heward, who was headed for Hot Springs on Interstate 440 about 11:45 or 11:50 that night. Heward told the safety board that he was in torrential rain, with golf ball-sized hail and almost continuous lightning when the airplane, its wings tilted to the right, passed in front of him, just 10 to 20 feet away.