- Date
- September 6, 1968
- Place
- Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Injuries
- 94 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6121Lockheed L-188N7206UBoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108129
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0056 68/9/6 CLEVELAND,OHIO BOEING 720 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2008 N7206U PX- 0 0 47 46, 14600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 39 302 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEVELAND-HOPKINS OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0056 68/9/6 CLEVELAND,OHIO LOCKHEED L-188 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2008 N6121 PX- 0 0 36 39, 9610 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 55 1250 IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEVELAND-HOPKINS OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- LFT WING TIP HIT RT OUTBOARD PORTION OF WING OF N7206U.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6121
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cleveland-Hopkins
- Registration
- N7206U
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cleveland-Hopkins
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.