American Airlines Flight 1420 took place on June 1 , 1999 . The pilot was Captain Richard Buschmann , considered an expert pilot with over ten thousand hours of flight time . The First Officer was Michael Origel with under five thousand hours of flight time . The flight was set to land at the airport in Arkansas but a major thunderstorm was occurring in the area and Captain Buschmann decided to change runways due to the high crosswind and rapid change wind direction . The pilots were overcome with tasks and the stress of the difficult landing , forgetting to arm the automatic ground spoiler and ground braking systems . It was too difficult to recover the aircraft and it slid off the runway and collided with a large steel walkway , resulting in the death of Captain Bucshmann and 10 passengers , with many suffering from severe injuries
American Airlines Flight 1420
American Airlines Flight 1420
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