- Date
- December 9, 1973
- Place
- Madison, WI · MADISON, WI
- Injuries
- 44 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N259USBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187705
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0033 73/12/9 MADISON,WIS BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1440 N259US PX- 0 0 38 36, 6450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3550 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUAX FIELD OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ROCHESTER,MINN WASHINGTON,DC MILWAUKEE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY REMARKS- DRG TURN BACK TO TAXIWAY PLT CKD WING CLRD HANGAR.STAB BALANCE HIT OPEN DOOR EXTDG OUT ABT 15FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N259US
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Truax Field
N259USRegistration cancelled Nov 2, 2001 · Boeing 727-251Airframe modelBoeing 727-251Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-5
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.