# NTSB DIA69A0064: Boeing 727, N4612, Wash Natl Apt, DC, May 14, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 14, 1969
- Place: Wash Natl Apt, DC · WASH NATL APT, DC
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 116 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 186267
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA69A0064
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA69A0064

## NTSB brief (aircraft 2)

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0006  69/5/14    WASH NATL APT,DC    BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0835                    N4619               PX-  0  0 69                            46, 13011 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0 40                            1951 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON NATL
        OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          PHILADELPHIA,PA             MIAMI,FLA                    TAMPA,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND                  TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY
        REMARKS- L WG TIP OF N4619 STRUCK N4612 WHILE DEPARTING RUNUP PAD FOR T/O RNWY.
```

## NTSB brief (aircraft 1)

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0006  69/5/14    WASH NATL APT,DC    BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  6  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 0835                    N4612               PX-  0  0 34                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0 76                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON NATL
        OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WASH NATL APT,DC            MIAMI,FLA
        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
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY
        REMARKS- WAITING FOR CLNC. WAS STRUCK BY N4619 TAXYING TO T/O POSITION.
```

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: N4612 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Washington Natl

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: N4619 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Washington Natl

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.

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