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Aircraft accident report : Descent below visual glidepath and collision with terrain, Delta Air Lines Flight 554, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, N914DL, LaGuardia Airport, New York,
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Aircraft accident report : Descent below visual glidepath and collision with terrain, Delta Air Lines Flight 554, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, N914DL, LaGuardia Airport, New York,
-- Descent below visual glidepath and collision with terrain, Delta Air Lines Flight 554, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, N914DL, LaGuardia Airport, New York, October 19, 1996
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This report explains the descent below visual glidepath and collision with terrain of Delta Air Lines flight 554 at LaGuardia Airport on October 19, 1996. The safety issues in this report focused on the possible hazards of monovision contact lenses, visual illusions encountered during the approach, non-instantaneous vertical speed information, the weather conditions encountered during the approach, the guidance in air carrierαs manuals regarding flightcrew member duties, the stabilized approach criteria in air carrierαs manuals, emergency evacuation procedures, special airport criteria and designation, and LaGuardia Airport issues/runway light spacing. Safety recommendations concerning these issues were addressed to the Federal Aviation Administration and to optometric associations.
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Aircraft accident report : Descent below visual glidepath and collision with terrain, Delta Air Lines Flight 554, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, N914DL, LaGuardia Airport, New York, -- Descent below visual glidepath and collision with terrain, Delta Air Lines Flight 554, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, N914DL, LaGuardia Airport, New York, October 19, 1996
Call No
TL553.5
Authors
United States. National Transportation Safety Board
Subjects
Aviation accidents--New York (State)--La Guardia Airport.
Airplanes--Landing.
Visual perception.
Flight crews--Training of.
Language
English
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Transportation Safety Board ;, 1997 Aug. 25.
Publication Desc
170 p. : ill.