Aircraft accident report : ground spoiler activation in flight/hard landing Valujet Airlines Flight 558, Douglas DC-9-32, N922VV Nashville, Tennessee, January 7, 1996

00735872https://doi.org/10.21949/14035071996PDFTech ReportAir transportation crashesCrash reportsDouglas DC-9-32Flight 558Nashville International AirportValuJet AirlinesUnited States. National Transportation Safety BoardUnited States. National Transportation Safety BoardNTL-AVIATION-Aviation Safety/AirworthinessUS Transportation CollectionAdopted: December 11,1996. Notation 6781. This report explains the ground spoiler activation in flight and subsequent hard landing of ValuJet Airlines flight 558, N922VV, a Douglas DC-9-32 at Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee. The safety issues discussed in the report include the adequacy of ValuJet's operations and maintenance manuals, specifically winter operations nosegear shock strut servicing procedures; the adequacy of ValuJet's pilot training/crew resource management training programs; flightcrew actions/decisionmaking; the role of communications (flightcrew/flight attendants/operations/dispatch/air traffic control); ValuJet's flightcrew pay schedule; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) oversight of ValuJet; and the adequacy of cockpit voice recorder (CVR) duration and procedures. Safety recommendations concerning these issues were made to the FAA and ValuJet Airlines.84