29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 11, 1979 · 18:53 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N413BN
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
51
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft involved in taxi collision with commutair FL138. Tower did not warn either of the other's movements.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN TAXI COLLISION WITH COMMUTAIR FL138. TOWER DID NOT WARN EITHER OF THE OTHER'S MOVEMENTS.