# NTSB NYC75IN105: Boeing 727, N477DA, Flushing, NY, May 6, 1975

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 6, 1975
- Place: Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Location: 40.7654° N, 73.8174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flushing, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7654&lon=-73.8174&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 81 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 12, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 149052
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC75IN105
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75IN105

## NTSB brief (aircraft 2)

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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.
```

## NTSB brief (aircraft 1)

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 1

- Registration: [N477DA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N477DA-2000-04-21), registration cancelled 2000-04-21, S/N 20754 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (registry code 1384082) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Laguardia

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: N479NW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Laguardia

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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