Incident: Boeing 737 7L9
Oct 27, 2016 · New York, NY
NTSB numberDCA17IA020Event id20161027X20715
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 48
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The first officer's failure to attain the proper touchdown point and the flight crew's failure to call for a go-around, which resulted in the airplane landing more than halfway down the runway. Contributing to the incident were, the first officer's initiation of the landing flare at a relatively high altitude and his delay in reducing the throttles to idle, the captain's delay in manually deploying the speed brakes after touchdown, the captain's lack of command authority, and a lack of robust training provided by the operator to support the flight crew's decision-making concerning when to call for a go-around.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737 7L9
- Registration
- N278EA
- Year built
- 1998
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Minor
- Operating rules
- Part 121: air carrier
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll Runway excursion
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA)1 nm (1 km) north-east
- New York Skyports Inc Seaplane Base (NYS)4 nm (8 km) south-west
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)9 nm (17 km) south-east
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