# Accident 19990927041979A: Boeing 767332, Atlanta, GA, September 27, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1999, 15:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N196DN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N196DN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-332 (registry code 1385101, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767332
- Reported engine: PWA PW4060
- People aboard: 199
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 4,561 in this make and model, 202 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990927041979A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) DELTA FLT 147 WAS MAINTAINING 12,000 FT WITH THE AUTOPILOT ENGAGED. A TURN WAS COMMENCED TO 180. A DEGREE HEADING AND A TCAS TRAFFIC ADVISORY WAS OBSERVED BY THE CREW. THE PILOT FLYING DISENGAGED THE AUTOPILOT AND A FLIGHT ATTENDANT STANDING IN THE AFT GALLEY FELL. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT'S RIGHT FIBULA WAS FRACTURED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO A NORMAL LANDING. (.4)THE CREW OF DAL147 SAID THAT THEY WERE INBOUND TO LAND AT ATLANTA AND WAS AT 12,000 FEET, ON A HEADING 227 DEGREES, IN SEQUENCE FOR RUNWAY 08 WHEN THE FLIGHT WAS SWITCHED TO THE SOUTH RUNWAY. THEY WERE TOLD TO TURN TO 180 DEGREES WHEN ABLE, AND TO LOOK FOR TRAFFIC AT 11,000 FEET. DAL147 WAS IN THE CLOUDS EXECUTING THE TURN TO 180 DEGREES WHEN THEY RESPONDED TO THE TARH CONTROLLER THAT THEY HAD THE TRAFFIC ON TCAS, CLIMBING OUT OF 11,000 FEET, APPROACHING THEIR ALTITUDE. THE CREW FURTHER STATED THAT THE TCAS INDICATED THAT THE TRAFFIC WAS CLIMBING TO 14,000 FEET. THE PILOT FLYING TURNED OFF THE AUTOPILOT TO MAKE THE TURN QUICKER TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC, AND WHEN THE AUTOPILOT CAME OFF, A FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN THE BACK OF THE AIRPLANE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. FAA TRANSCRIPT OF COMMUNICATIONS REVEALED THAT THE TARH CONT          ROLLER TOLD DAL147 THAT THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE LEVELING AT ELEVEN AND INSTRUCTED THE CREW TO MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPARATION FROM THE TRAFFIC. THE TRANSCRIPTS ALSO SHOW THAT AT 1902:43 THE TRAFFIC, A CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT (COA66), WAS CLIMBING IN THE CLOUDS, AND HAD BEEN CLEARED TO 14,000 FEET INSTEAD OF 11,000 FEET.

## 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 MIA99LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA272), Sep 27, 1999: Boeing 767-332 (N196DN), Atlanta, GA, no damage. Probable cause: FAA approach/departure controller's improper service and failure to coordinate and resolve a conflict between aircraft prior to effecting a frequency change, and the improper application of visual…

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.

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