- Date
- March 31, 1987, 15:57 local (20:57 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, OH
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52DCDassault-Breguet 50
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 13666
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
An opnl error developed as a falcon 50, N52DC, was proceeding se toward the dryer VOR at FL290 & northwest flt 427 was proceeding westbound at the same alt toward the same fix (dryer VOR). When the full performance lvl (fpl) controller (ctlr) saw the situation developing, he provided avoidance vectors to each acft. However, they passed each other with about 1.5 mi horizontal sepn & 800' vertical sepn. The workload had become heavy & complex just prior to the occurrence. As the tracker was notifying the fpl ctlr of the conflict, the conflict alert was activated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52DC
- Reported as
- Dassault-Breguet 50
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51
- Engine
- Airesearch TFE 731-3-1C, 3,700 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Dow Chemical
- Registered owner
- Dow Chemical
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MBS · Saginaw, MI
- Destination
- DCA · Washington, DC
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None