- Date
- March 14, 1967
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 99 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119036
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0015 67/3/14 NEWARK,NJ VERTOL 107II CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1738 N6676D PX- 0 0 14 32, 4329 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 82 2044 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 - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RAMP/TAXIWAY SURFACE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN REMARKS- LEFT WING TIP OF N6240G STRUCK REAR ROTOR OF N6676D.RAMP TAXI AND PARKING MARKINGS OBLITERATED.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0015 67/3/14 NEWARK,NJ LOCKHEED 1049G CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1738 N6240G PX- 0 0 77 37, 8000 TOTAL HOURS, 150 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 17 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RAMP/TAXIWAY SURFACE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN REMARKS- LEFT WING TIP OF N6240G STRUCK REAR ROTOR OF N6676D RAMP TAXI AND PARKING MARKINGS OBLITERATED.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6240G
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1049G
- 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
- N6676D
- Reported as
- Vertol 107II
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- 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.