N566AA (Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)) — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Scheduled US airline service

Reported in scheduled US passenger service from January 1995 to August 2017 — 26,574 flights. Last reported flight: August 23, 2017, American Airlines, RDU → ORD.

Not reported in scheduled US service since August 2017 (data through July 2026).

Carrier	First	Last	Flights
American Airlines AA	January 1995	August 2017	26,574

Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).

US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)

Filed in BTS’s annual carrier fleet inventory from 2006 to 2017, most recently reported as owned.

Carrier	First filed	Last filed
American Airlines AA	2006	2017

Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).

Safety history

November 12, 1995AccidentHull loss
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.
Mcdonnell Douglas MD-83
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. Full accident record