N224AA — routes, history & safety record

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

June 5, 1996Accident
the flightcrew's inadvertent encounter with windshear at low altitude. Factors were: variable winds, high density altitude, and the FAA's inadequate location/height of the LLWAS sensor.
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82)
May 30, 1987Accident
AMERICAN FLT 637 WAS ON DEPARTURE FROM CHICAGO-O'HARE INTL ARPT (ORD), CLIMBING THRU 7300' MSL, WHEN IT PASSED AMERICAN FLT 393 WITH APRX 500' VERTICAL SEPN & 1/4 MI HORIZONTAL SEPN. THIS OCCURRED AFTER AN AIR TRAFFIC ASSISTANT, WHO WAS WORKING THE CLNC DELIVERY PSN AT ORD, HAD ISSUED THE SAME TRANSPONDER CODE TO FLT 637 & UNITED FLT 441. SUBSEQUENTLY, A TRAINEE CONTROLLER (CTLR), WHO WAS WORKING AT THE WEST DEPARTURE RADAR CONTROL POSITION, MISTOOK FLT 441'S TARGET AS THAT OF FLT 637 & ISSUED C
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82