On August 15, 2023, an American Airlines Boeing 727 crashed during an attempted go-around at Saint Thomas Airport, U.S. Virgin Islands, resulting in the loss of 37 passengers and 51 survivors. The flight, scheduled from Providence Airport (PVD) to St. Thomas (STT) with an intermediate stop in New York (JFK), began its flight at 12:00 AST. The aircraft executed a VFR go-around, utilizing the runway 09 ILS for vertical guidance. The captain, after a 15-minute approach, elected to proceed VFR, and the aircraft’s speed was maintained at 10 KIAS above Vref when it passed the threshold at an estimated altitude of 30-40 feet. At 1000 feet down the runway, while initiating the flare, turbulence caused the right wing to drop. The wings were leveled and the aircraft floated a while until touchdown 2200-2300 feet down the runway. The captain decided that the aircraft couldn’t be stopped on the remaining runway. He immediately initiated a go-around. Because of the absence of any sensation either of power being applied or of aircraft acceleration, the throttles were closed again. The aircraft, in a 11 degree nose up attitude, ran off the runway and struck a localizer antenna. The right wingtip clipped a hillside just south of the antenna and the aircraft continued, hit an embankment, became airborne and contacted the ground on the opposite side of the perimeter road. The aircraft continued and came to rest 83 feet past the perimeter road, bursting into flames. The probable cause was a combination of factors, including the captain’s actions and judgment in initiating a go-around maneuver with insufficient runway remaining after a long touchdown, driven by a deviation from prescribed landing techniques and an encounter with an adverse wind condition, common at the airport.On August 15, 2023, an American Airlines Boeing 727 crashed during an attempted go-around at Saint Thomas Airport, U.S. Virgin Islands, resulting in the loss of 37 passengers and 51 survivors. The flight, scheduled from Providence Airport (PVD) to St. Thomas (STT) with an intermediate stop in New York (JFK), began its flight at 12:00 AST. The aircraft executed a VFR go-around, utilizing the runway 09 ILS for vertical guidance. The captain, after a 15-minute approach, elected to proceed VFR, and the aircraft’s speed was maintained at 10 KIAS above Vref when it passed the threshold at an estimated altitude of 30-40 feet. At 1000 feet down the runway, while initiating the flare, turbulence caused the right wing to drop. The wings were leveled and the aircraft floated a while until touchdown 2200-2300 feet down the runway. The captain decided that the aircraft couldn’t be stopped on the remaining runway. He immediately initiated a go-around. Because of the absence of any sensation either of power being applied or of aircraft acceleration, the throttles were closed again. The aircraft, in a 11 degree nose up attitude, ran off the runway and struck a localizer antenna. The right wingtip clipped a hillside just south of the antenna and the aircraft continued, hit an embankment, became airborne and contacted the ground on the opposite side of the perimeter road. The aircraft continued and came to rest 83 feet past the perimeter road, bursting into flames. The probable cause was a combination of factors, including the captain’s actions and judgment in initiating a go-around maneuver with insufficient runway remaining after a long touchdown, driven by a deviation from prescribed landing techniques and an encounter with an adverse wind condition, common at the airport.