An accident investigation docket is maintained for each accident the Safety Board investigates, and is used to establish the permanent record of an accident. The docket for AA Flight 1420 was scheduled for release January 26, 2000 at 6:00 a.m. CST; exhibits presented at the public hearing are available online and represent a subset of the full docket.

Copies of the docket may be purchased for 0.15 per page from General Microfilm Incorporated (GMI), 800 East Moler Avenue, Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401, 304-267-5830, 304-264-0862 (fax). Access to the docket is also available in the Reference Room at NTSB Headquarters in Washington, D.C.