- Date
- November 25, 1974
- Place
- Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Injuries
- 53 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N473DABoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141160
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0038 74/11/25 FLUSHING,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2250 N473DA PX- 0 0 46 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LA GUARDIA OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ATLANTA,GA BOSTON,MASS FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN REMARKS- ACFT BEING PUSHED BACK FOR ENG START.TAIL HIT OTHER ACFT PARKED AT GATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N473DA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- La Guardia
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Other investigations on N473DA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DCA88MA072Accident · 14 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportDallas/Ft Worth, TX(1) The captain and first officer's inadequate cockpit discipline which resulted in the flightcrew's attempt to takeoff without the wing flaps and slats properly configured; and (2) the failure of the takeoff configuration warning system to alert the crew…NTSB NYC77IA025Incident · No injuriesClosedBangor, ME