- Date
- July 17, 1992, 18:30 local (Jul 18, 1992, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 315 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920717032349I
- Case key
- 27459
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Probable cause
A failure of ground personnel to ensure proper clearance between a taxiing airplane and an adjacent parked airplane. Contributing to the accident was a failure of ground personnel to properly position a parked airplane to ensure that it did not encroach into an adjacent safety area.
A failure of ground personnel to ensure proper clearance between a taxiing airplane and an adjacent parked airplane. Contributing to the accident was a failure of ground personnel to properly position a parked airplane to ensure that it did not encroach into an adjacent safety area.
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
A fairchild SA-227 was positioned by ground personnel in a parking spot adjacent to another operators arrival gate. Due to other aircraft in the parking area, the tail of the fairchild encroached into the safety area of the next gate. As an arriving Lockheed L-1011 was taxiing into its gate area, ground personnel noticed that the airplane's left wing was going to contact the vertical stabilizer of the fairchild. Ground personnel did not signal a stop in time to avoid the collision.
A fairchild SA-227 was positioned by ground personnel in a parking spot adjacent to another operator's arrival gate. Due to other aircraft in the parking area, the tail of the fairchild encroached into the safety area of the next gate. As an arriving Lockheed L-1011 was taxiing into its gate area, ground personnel noticed that the airplane's left wing was going to contact the vertical stabilizer of the fairchild. Ground personnel did not signal a stop in time to avoid the collision.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N719DA
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-1011-385-1 (L-1011-385)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 193C-1135
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce RB-211, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Airlines
- Registered owner
- Delta Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- LAX · Los Angeles
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.
- Registration
- N2725D
- Reported as
- Fairchild SA-227AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AC-723
- Airframe hours
- 9,093
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-11U, 1,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Skywest Airlines
- Registered owner
- Heleasco Fourteen Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 14, 1992 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- LAX
- Destination
- IYK · Inyokern, CA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- LAX · Los Angeles
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 N719DA
- Age
- 48
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N2725D
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,025 total · 1,874 in this make and model · 2,020 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.