# NTSB Accident DCA02MA001
> **Airbus Industrie A300B4-605R** · 2001-11-12 · Belle Harbor, NY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DCA02MA001
- **Event ID:** 20011130X02321
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-11-12
- **Location:** Belle Harbor, NY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.57917, -73.840538
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 260
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 265
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Airbus Industrie
- **Model:** A300B4-605R
- **Registration:** N14053
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by the first officer's unnecessary and excessive rudder pedal inputs. Contributing to these rudder pedal inputs were characteristics of the Airbus A300-600 rudder system design and elements of the American Airlines Advanced Aircraft Maneuvering Program.

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