- Date
- March 18, 1977
- Place
- Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Injuries
- 50 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5812Convair 580
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156882
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0004 77/3/18 FLUSHING,NY CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0907 N5812 PX- 0 0 47 45, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAGUARDIA OPERATOR - U.S. AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ITHACA,NY FLUSHING,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY REMARKS- PLT ATTN DIVERTED TO ACFT ON R SIDE.L WING STRUCK EAL 727 ACFT,NR 2 ENG REVERSER DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5812
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laguardia
N5812Registration cancelled Jul 21, 1998 · Convair 440Airframe modelConvair 440Engine modelAllison 501-D13 series
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.