- Date
- February 27, 1967
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119028
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0006 67/2/27 NEWARK,NJ VERTOL 107-II CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0658 N6672D PX- 0 0 2 48, 12883 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 3234 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK OPERATOR - NEW YORK AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN REMARKS- RT WING TIP OF N6209C STRUCK REAR ROTOR BLADE OF N6672D.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0006 67/2/27 NEWARK,NJ LOCKHEED 1049 CR- 0 0 2 OTHER UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TIME - 0658 N6209C PX- 0 0 0 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 5 NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN REMARKS- MAINT PERS QUALIFIED TO TAXI.RT WING TIP STRUCK REAR ROTOR BLADE OF N6672D.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6209C
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1049
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newark
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
- N6672D
- Reported as
- Vertol 107-II
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newark
N6672DRegistered now · Boeing-Vertol 107-IIAirframe modelBoeing-Vertol 107-IIEngine modelGE CT58 series
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.