The deceleration of Flight 1420 was also impeded because the pilots did not apply wheel brakes until 11 seconds after touchdown-- choosing to use manual brakes instead of brakes that deploy automatically.
12.
Analysis of the accident revealed that had the pilot " deployed d�tente reverse thrust and applied maximum manual braking at touchdown ", the aircraft could have been stopped within the paved overrun area of the runway.
13.
As the medical director of the Marion Nursing Home for some three decades, he became aware of the problem of wheelchair-related falls among semi-ambulatory patients who did not or could not remember to use manual brakes on their wheelchairs.
14.
Furthermore, it touched down from the runway threshold, beyond the 1000 1500 ft range established by the Southwest Airlines FOM . The captain deployed the thrust reversers and then he and the first officer applied manual brakes, but according to the NTSB findings, under those conditions even maximum braking would not have prevented the aircraft from overrunning the end of the runway.
15.
Standard equipment on the Apollo included in no particular order, a 250 cubic-inch 1-barrel L-6, semi-closed cooling system, manual brakes with finned front drums, coil spring front suspension with stabilizer bar, extensive use on insulation and sound deadening materials, flow-through ventilation system, full-foam seats, front and rear ashtrays, strong, reinforced front bumpers, carpeting, deluxe steering wheel, roof drip moldings, and front and rear wheel opening moldings.
