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Exhibit Items from the Public Docket (see footnotes)
Project Information (as Of Oct 28, 2002 21:48, with selected updates)
Project ID(mkey) Mode
53768  American Airlines A300-600 departing JFK  Aviation 
NTSB Accident ID Occurrence Date Location
DCA02MA001 Nov 12, 2001  Belle Harbor, NY, United States
 

Table of Contents (Partial List of Selected Items)
Document Filing Date Document Title Pages Photo
168385 Oct 03, 2002Order of Hearing: 1A 1  
168386 Oct 03, 2002Notice of Designation of Chairman of Board of Inquiry: 1B 1  
168387 Oct 03, 2002Designation of Hearing Officer: 1C 1  
168388 Oct 03, 2002Designation of Parties to the Hearing: 1D 1  
168389 Oct 03, 2002Notice of Hearing: 1E 1  
169692 Oct 23, 2002Hearing Exhibit List: 1F 4  
167209 Sep 11, 2002Operations 2 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 28  
167210 Sep 11, 2002Operations 2 - Attachments A and B - Interview Summaries 812  
167028 Sep 10, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment D - Submitted Statements 9  
167036 Sep 10, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment H - Correspondence from Airplane Manufacturers to American Airlines and Response 11  
167041 Sep 10, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment I - Excerpts from the AAMP Flight Training Course Material 16  
167042* Sep 10, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment J - FAA Correspondence 23  
167043 Sep 10, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment K - Excerpt from Airbus Industrie presentation at 10th Performance and Operations Conference 7  
167044* Sep 10, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment L - Excerpts from A300-600 American Airlines Operating Manual - Volume 1 21  
167046 Sep 10, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment N - FCOM Bulletin, Use of Rudder on Transport Category Airplanes 5  
167047 Sep 10, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment O - Boeing commercial Airplane Group - Flight Operations Technical Bulletin 16  
167049 Sep 10, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment Q - Excerpts from the A300-600 American Airlines Operating Manual - Volume 2 4  
167051 Sep 10, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment S - Excerpts from the Airbus A300-600 FCOM - Volume 2 7  
167189* Sep 11, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment U - Excerpts of Airbus Aerodynamic Principles of Large-Airplane Upsets 12  
167190 Sep 11, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment V - Excerpts from the Boeing/Airbus Training Aid 11  
167193 Sep 11, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment X - Flight Crew Records for Captain States 10  
167194 Sep 11, 2002Operations 2 - Attachment Y - Flight Crew Records for First Officer Molin 8  
166537 Aug 29, 2002ATC 3 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 8  
164340 Aug 06, 2002Witness 4 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 14  
162868 Jul 15, 2002Meteorology 5 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 32  
168195 Dec 16, 2002Structures 7 - Factual Report of Group Chairman (exhibit A) (rev. 16dec2002) 24  
168885 Oct 11, 2002Structures 7 - FAA Loads Exhibits (Exhibit F) 6  
168823 Oct 10, 2002Structures 7 - Airbus Loads - Certification Standards (Exhibit 7-I) 7  
168829 Oct 10, 2002Structures 7 - Airbus A300-600R Vetical Tail Loads Calculation (Exhibit 7-N) 6  
168874 Oct 11, 2002Structures 7 - Airbus AA587 Loads Assesment (Exhibit P) 11  
166317 Aug 27, 2002Powerplants 8 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 42  
168123 Sep 30, 2002Systems 9 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 25  
168467 Oct 04, 2002Systems 9 - A300-600 Yaw Damper System Overview (Exhibit No. 9-B) 5  
168468 Oct 04, 2002Systems 9 - A300-600 Yaw Autopilot System Overview (Exhibit No. 9-C) 6  
168469 Oct 04, 2002Systems 9 - A300-600 Rudder Travel Limitation System (Exhibit No. 9-D) 7  
168592 Oct 07, 2002Systems 9 - A300-600 Rudder Servo Controls Overview (Exhibit No. 9-E) 5  
168199 Sep 30, 2002Flight Data Recorder 10 - Flight Data Recorder Group Chairman's Solid State Flight Data Recorder Factual Report 12  
168794 Oct 10, 2002Maintenance Records 11 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 35  
168249 Oct 02, 2002Cockpit Voice Recorder 12 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 35  
168250 Oct 02, 2002Cockpit Voice Recorder 12B - Specialist's Sound Spectrum Study, Cockpit Voice Recorder 15  
168982* Oct 15, 2002Aircraft Performance 13 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 176  
174831  Jan 30, 2003Aircraft Performance 13 - Factual Report Errata #1 4  
198619 Oct 16, 2003Aircraft Performance 13 - Factual Report of Group Chairman - Addendum 1 44  
217763 Aug 25, 2004Aircraft Performance 13 - Factual Report of Group Chairman - Addendum 2 (Revised 13Oct2004) 50  
168575 Oct 07, 2002Human Performance 14 - Factual Report of Group Chairman 33  
168576 Oct 07, 2002Human Performance 14 - Study Report, Vertical Motion Simulator Activities, Phase I: Backdrive of Accident Flight 21  
288388 Dec 24, 2003Human Performance 14 - Hess Report 22  
158773 May 17, 2002Materials Laboratory 15 - Factual Report 02-046 3  
164273* Aug 06, 2002Materials Laboratory 15 - Factual Report 02-076 5  
168606 Oct 07, 2002Materials Laboratory 15 - Factual Report 02-077 63  
168619* Oct 07, 2002Materials Laboratory 15 - Factual Report 02-078 with Appendix A 26  
168624* Oct 07, 2002Materials Laboratory 15 - Factual Report 02-078 Appendix B 52  
169028* Oct 16, 2002Materials Laboratory 15 - Factual Report 02-083 51  
168880 Oct 11, 2002Materials Laboratory 15 - Factual Report 02-091 7  
168584 Oct 07, 2002Materials Laboratory 15 - Exhibit 15A Selected Photographs and Drawings of the Damage Areas on the Fin and Rudder 13  
168947* Oct 15, 2002Materials Laboratory 15 - Exhibit 15B - Selected Results of the Nondestructive Examination of the Vertical Stabilizer and Rudder 29  
168653 Oct 08, 2002Materials Laboratory 15 - Exhibit 15C Selected Photographs of the Fractographic Examination of the Vertical Stabilizer and Rudder 28  
168806 Oct 10, 2002Materials Laboratory 15 - Exhibit 15D Airbus Submission - Thermal Analysis by DMA and MDSC 20  
168983 Oct 15, 2002Specialist's Report of Investigation - Video Study (Exhibit 17A) 25  
290584 Jan 29, 2004BEA comments on the report entitled "An Inquiry into Whether a Pilot-Induced oscillation was a factor in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587." 5  

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An accident investigation docket is maintained for each accident the Safety Board investigates, and is used to establish the permanent record of an accident. The docket for AA Flight 587 was scheduled for release October 29, 2002 at 8:00 a.m. EST.
The exhibits above, presented at the public hearing, represent a subset of the full docket;
material will be added during the course of the investigation.

A CD-ROM of the full docket (as of 10/24/2002) is available from Public Inquiries Branch while supplies last.
Paper copies of the docket may be purchased from General Microfilm Inc.
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Access to the docket is also available in the Reference Room at NTSB Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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