# Accident 19990606046809A: Boeing 7474F6, Los Angeles, CA, June 6, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 6, 1999, 23:16 local time - Place: Los Angeles, CA - Airport: Los Angeles International - Damage: No damage - Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129) - Operator: SCOF - Location: 33.9386° N, 118.4089° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9386&lon=-118.4089&mi=10 - Aircraft: N751PR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N751PR-2009-01-28) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Boeing 747-4F6 (registry code 1384948, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-4f6) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BOEING 7474F6 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99FA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA218) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990606046809A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23)ON JUNE 6, 1999, ABOUT 2316 HOURS PDT, PHILIPPINE AIRLINES FLIGHT 103, A BOEING 747-400 AIRCRAFT, N751PR, COLLIDED WITH CORSAIR FLIGHT 942, A BOEING 747-SP AIRCRAFT, WHILE TAXIING AT THE LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. THE PHILIPPINE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF MANIAL, PHILIPPINES. THE CORSAIR AIRCRAFT WAS PARKING AT GATE 101, FOLLOWING ITS ARRIVAL FORM PARIS, FRANCE. ONBOARD THE PHILIPPINE AIRCRAFT WERE 4 FLIGHT DECK CREWMEMBERS, 16 CABIN ATTENDANTS, AND 405 PASSENGERS. ONBORAD THE CORSAIR AIRCRAFT WERE 4 FLIGHT DECK CREWMEMBERS, 13 CABIN ATTENDANTS, AND 257 PASSENGERS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ABOARD EITHER AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED DURING THE NIGHTTIME COLLISION WHICH OCCURRED AS THE PHILIPPINE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS TAXIING INA WESTERLY DIRECTION ON TAXIWAY "C" COLLIDED WITH THE STATIONARY CORSAIR, WHICH HAD STOPPED SHORT OF ITS PARKING POSITION ON THE GATE, WAITING TO BE TOWED IN THE REST OF THE WAY. THE PHILILLINE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, THE RIGHT WINGLET WAS SEVERED, CORSAIR AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT WING TRAILING EDGE AND PUNCTURED THE FUEL TANK. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB LAX99FA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA218), Jun 7, 1999: Boeing 747-4F6B (N751PR), Los Angeles, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: Airport management's failure to ensure that its current operating procedure, which required the arriving airplane to power into the terminal gate, was being used. Also causal was (1) the ground… ## Other reports on N751PR (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20050218002669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050218002669I), Feb 18, 2005: Boeing 7474F6 (N751PR), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] during interview, flight crew stated they were being directed, during initial taxi from lax west remote gate, by ground employee… - [Incident 19991212036459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991212036459I), Dec 12, 1999: Boeing 747400 (N751PR), Honolulu, HI, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 12, 1999, philippine airlines b 747-400 struck an American airlines baggage cart while being marshaled into Honolulu International Airport,… - [Incident 19950217004629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950217004629I), Feb 17, 1995: Boeing 747* (N751PR), Honolulu, HI, Substantial damage. Narrative: the aircraft was taxiing east past gate 29 when it turned north to park at gate 25. The American airlines cargo loader was also traveling east… From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.