- Date
- November 6, 1969
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 67 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1015USud Aviatio NSE 21N8209UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147177
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0048 69/11/6 PHILADELPHIA,PA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1920 N8209U PX- 0 0 30 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 34 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - INTERNATIONAL OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0048 69/11/6 PHILADELPHIA,PA SUD AVIATIO NSE 21 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1920 N1015U PX- 0 0 31 44, 12783 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 33 2482 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - INTERNATIONAL OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA BUFFALO,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1015U
- Reported as
- Sud Aviatio NSE 21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- International
N1015URegistration cancelled Nov 16, 1970 · Sud SE 210 CARAVELLE VIRAirframe modelSud SE 210 CARAVELLE VIR
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
- N8209U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- International