Mar 6, 2000
Accident
Destroyed BURBANK, CA
Injuries2 serious, 42 minor
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 121
Probable Cause
the flight crew's excessive airspeed and flightpath angle during the approach and landing and its failure to abort the approach when stabilized approach criteria were not met. Contributing to the accident was the controller's positioning of the airplane in such a manner as to leave no safe options for the flight crew other than a go-around maneuver.
NTSB DCA00MA030