American Airlines Flight 1572

American Airlines Flight 1572

An American Airlines MD-83 similar to the one involved in the incident.
Accident summary
Date	November 12, 1995
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Passengers	73
Crew	5
Fatalities	0
Injuries (non-fatal)	1
Survivors	78 (all)
Aircraft type	McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Operator	American Airlines
Registration	N566AA
Flight origin	Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois
Destination	Bradley International Airport, Hartford, Connecticut

American Airlines Flight 1572 was a flight from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bradley International Airport on November 12, 1995. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 struck trees and an instrument landing system (ILS) antenna during landing, causing $9 million in damage to the aircraft.

American Airlines Flight 1572 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois to Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Connecticut. On November 12, 1995, Flight 1572 was operated using a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, a twin-engine, narrow-body jet airliner (registration N566AA). The aircraft was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 engines. The MD-83 had accumulated a total of 27,628 flight hours at the time of the accident.

Flight 1572 was scheduled to depart from O'Hare at 21:25 Eastern Standard Time. However, because of bad weather and delayed connecting passengers, the flight was delayed and did not depart until 23:05. While en route to Hartford, the flight crew received an ACARS printout for the weather at Hartford. It noted an altimeter setting (reference atmospheric pressure) of 29.42 inches of mercury (996 hPa), adding that pressure was falling rapidly in the area. The flight cruised uneventfully from Chicago to Hartford, other than changing from 33,000 ft (10,000 m) to 35,000 ft (11,000 m) to avoid reported turbulence.