# Accident 20030521010182A: Amd FALCON50MYST, New York, NY, May 21, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2003, 22:10 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N664B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON50MYST
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030521010182A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 21, 2003, AT 2210 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A SAAB 340B, N277MJ, OPERATED BY COLGAN AIRWAYS INC., AS FLIGHT 5056, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER AIRPLANE, WHILE TAXIING AT LA GUARDIA AIRPORT (LGA), FLUSHING, NEW YORK. THE OTHER AIRPLANE, A DASSAULT DA-50, N664B, S USTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. ONBOARD THE SAAB, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, WHILE THE TWO PILOTS AND SIX PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. ONBOARD THE DASSAULT, THE TWO PILOTS AND SEVEN PASSENGERS WERE ALSO NOT INJURED. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE SAAB WAS OPERATING AS A SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 121. THE DASSAULT WAS OPERATING AS BUSINESS FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) OF THE DASSAULT, HIS AIRPLANE WAS PARKED AT THE "FIVE TOWERS" AREA, LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. AT 2205, THE PIC RECEIVED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE GROUND CONTROLLER, WHICH THE PIC UNDERSTOOD AS, "MAKE TWO LEFT TURNS AND TAXI TO RUNWAY 13 FOR TAKEOFF VIA TAXIWAYS F AND BB." WHILE TAXIING NORTH ON TAXIWAY BB, THE DASSAULT COLLIDED WITH THE SAAB AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF BB ANDE. ACCORDING TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE SAAB, THE AIRPLANE WAS PUSHED OFF THE GATE TO SPOT 22, WHERE THE FIRST OFFICER THEN CALLED FOR TAXI CLEARANCE. THE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO PROCEED "A SHORT OF K," FOR AN INBOUND BOEING 737. THE FLIGHT WAS THEN CLEARED FROM "A TO E, SHORT OF RUNWAY 4". THE FLIGHT RECEIVED FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS TO CROSS RUNWAY 04, AND TURN RIGHT AT "CC" TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 13. AFTER CROSSING RUNWAY 04, THE CAPTAIN NOTED A DASSAULT AIRPLANE TAXIING ON "BB," BUT HEARD HIS "HOLD SHORT" INSTRUCTIONS, AND CALLED FOR THE TAXI CHECKLIST. AS THE SAAB FLIGHTCREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE TAXI CHECKLIST, THE DASSAULT STRUCK THEIR AIRPLANE FROM THE LEFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N277MJ, Saab 340B: [Accident 20030521010181A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030521010181A)

## 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 NYC03LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA114), May 22, 2003: Dassault DA-50 (N664B), Flushing, NY, minor damage. Probable cause: The inadequate visual lookout and inadequate crew coordination of the Dassault DA-50 flightcrew while taxiing, which resulted in an on ground collision with a taxing Saab 340B. A factor in the…

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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