# NTSB MIA88IA055: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82, N806NY, Newark, NJ, November 1, 1987

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: November 1, 1987, 17:12 local (22:12 UTC)
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 226 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 12, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32048
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88IA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32048/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88IA055

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Near collision between aircraft, takeoff - initial climb
  - control tower service - inadequate, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)
  - visual separation - improper use of, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)
  - traffic advisory - delayed, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)
- Near collision between aircraft, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - control tower service - inadequate, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)
  - visual separation - improper use of, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)
  - traffic advisory - delayed, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)

## Analysis (aircraft 2)

AT 1710:53 EST, THE LCL TWR CTLR (LC) AT THE NEWARK INTL ARPT CLRD CONTINENTAL FLT 321 (DC-9-82, N806NY) FOR TAKEOFF ON RWY 22L; 11 SEC LATER, CONTINENTAL FLT 688 (BOEING 727, N577PE) RPRTD 'LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 29.'  LC TOLD FLT 688 TO 'MAINTAIN 1500 AS YOU CROSS OVER THE FIELD.'  RWY 22L (9300' LONG) WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF RWY 29; THUS, THE LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 29 WAS NR THE DEP END OF RWY 22L. AT 1712:12, LC TOLD FLT 321 THAT FLT 688 WAS PASSING 'OVERHEAD & BEHIND YOU AT 1800' . . .'  AT ABOUT THAT TIME, THE CREW OF FLT 321 NOTED THEY WERE CLBG THRU 1000' WHEN THEY SAW FLT 688 PASSING DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. THE CAPT OF FLT 688 SAW FLT 321 TAKING OFF & ESTD THE SEPN REMAINED IN EXCESS OF 1000', BUT THE CAPT OF FLT 321 WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLOSE PROXIMITY & CALLED THE TWR AFTER LNDG. RADAR DATA SHOWED THE PLANES PASSED WITHAPRX 400' VERTICAL & 1000' LATERAL SEPN, APRX 1/4 MI SOUTH OF THE ARPT. BOTH FLTS WERE OPERG ON IFR FLT PLANS. LC DID NOT ADZ EITHER FLT CREW OF THEIR TRAFFIC UNTIL 1712:12, MOMENTS BFR THEIR FLT PATHS CROSSED. THE ARPT HAD HVY TRAFFIC.

## Analysis (aircraft 1)

AT 1710:53 EST, THE LCL TWR CTLR (LC) AT THE NEWARK INTL ARPT CLRD CONTINENTAL FLT 321 (DC-9-82, N806NY) FOR TAKEOFF ON RWY 22L; 11 SEC LATER, CONTINENTAL FLT 688 (BOEING 727, N577PE) RPRTD 'LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 29.'  LC TOLD FLT 688 TO 'MAINTAIN 1500 AS YOU CROSS OVER THE FIELD.'  RWY 22L (9300' LONG) WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF RWY 29; THUS, THE LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 29 WAS NR THE DEP END OF THE 22L. AT 1712:12, LC TOLD FLT 321 THAT FLT 688 WAS PASSING 'OVERHEAD & BEHIND YOU AT 1800' . . .'  AT ABOUT THAT TIME, THE CREW OF FLT 321 NOTED THEY WERE CLBG THRU 1000' WHEN THEY SAW FLT 688 PASSING DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. THE CAPT OF FLT 688 SAW FLT 321 TAKING OFF & ESTD THE SEPN REMAINED IN EXCESS OF 1000', BUT THE CAPT OF FLT 321 WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLOSE PROXIMITY & CALLED THE TWR AFTER LNDG. RADAR DATA SHOWED THE PLANES PASSED WITHAPRX 400' VERTICAL & 1000' LATERAL SEPN, APRX 1/4 MI SOUTH OF THE ARPT. BOTH FLTS WERE OPERG ON IFR FLT PLANS. LC DID NOT ADZ EITHER FLT CREW OF THEIR TRAFFIC UNTIL 1712:12, MOMENTS BFR THEIR FLT PATHS CROSSED. THE ARPT HAD HVY TRAFFIC.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: N806NY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 49260
- Engines: P&W JT8D-217 20850 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Continental Airlines
- Registered owner: Newyork Airlines Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Destination: IAD, WASHINGTON, DC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: EWR, Newark Intl, runway 22L, 9,300 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: N577PE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-243
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21270
- Engines: P&W JT8D 15500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Continental Airlines Inc.
- Registered owner: Connecticut Nat'L Bank
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: SYR, SYRACUSE, NY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: EWR, Newark Intl, runway 29, 6,800 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot, aircraft N806NY; age 37; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 8,000 total
- Pilot, aircraft N577PE; age 42; flight engineer, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 8,800 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EWK

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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