- Date
- October 8, 1984, 07:06 local (12:06 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 44 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N107TCessna Citation 550N3322LDouglas DC-9-32
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19841008076819I19841008076759I
- Case key
- 21586
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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
N3322L inadvertently crossed the active rwy 04 at the time N107T became airborne on takeoff from that rwy. A near miss occurred as the captain and 1st officer of N107T observed N3322L on the rwy and made a max performance climb over the top of N3322L. N3322L was originally cleared for takeoff on rwy 04 via taxiway charlie to foxtrot. The flt crew did not make a necessary turn from taxiway charlie to taxiway foxtrot. Neither acft was visible from the tower due to reduced visibility.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N107T
- Reported as
- Cessna Citation 550 (CITATION 5)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 550-0163
- Engine
- P&W JT15D-4, 2,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Trunkline Gas Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Destination
- MCI · Kansas City, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Hobby, runway 4, 7,602 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Registration
- N3322L
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9-32 (DC9-32)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47031
- Engine
- unknown UNK, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Republic Airlines, doing business as 7500 Airline Drive
- Registered owner
- First Security Bank Of Utah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Destination
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Hobby, runway 4, 7,602 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N107T
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3322L
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,280 total · 4,280 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.