| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | April 27, 1976 |
| Time: | 1510 |
| Location: | St. Thomas, Virgin Islands |
| Operator: | American Airlines |
| Flight #: | 625 |
| Route: | New York City - Saint Thomas |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-727-95 |
| Registration: | N1963 |
| cn / ln: | 19837/499 |
| Aboard: | 88 (passengers:81 crew:7) |
| Fatalities: | 37 (passengers:35 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | After touching down 2,200 feet down the runway, a go-around procedure was initiated. When there was no acceleration felt, the throttles were closed again. After attaining a nose-up attitude of 11 degrees, the aircraft ran off the end of the runway and struck a localizer antenna. The wingtip then clipped a hillside, the aircraft hit an embankment, went airborne and contacted the ground bursting into flames. The captain's actions and his judgement in initiating a go-around manoeuver with insufficient runway remaining after a long touchdown. |
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