- Date
- May 6, 1975
- Place
- Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Injuries
- 81 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N477DABoeing 727N479NWBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149052
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0004 75/5/6 FLUSHING,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1202 N479NW PX- 0 0 38 48, 6455 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 36 2582 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LAGUARDIA OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLUSHING,NY MINNEAPOLIS,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ACFT BEING PUSHED BACK FM GATE.GND CREWMAN STOPPED WHEN OTR ACFT APPROACHED.L HORIZ STAB DMGD.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0004 75/5/6 FLUSHING,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1202 N477DA PX- 0 0 29 35, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 450 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 45 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LAGUARDIA OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- TAXIED TO GATE WITHOUT GND CTL CLEARANCE.STRUCK TAIL OF N479NW.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N477DA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Laguardia
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
- N479NW
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Laguardia