- Date
- May 29, 1981
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 79 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N105URSwearingen SA226N1307LDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810529034169I
- Case key
- 125458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0003 81/5/29 NEWARK,NJ DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0844 N1307L PX- 0 0 63 51, 19863 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 7 4010 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK INTL OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ NASSUA,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- L WING TIP STRUCK RUDDER/VER STAB OF SWEARINGEN SA226,MINOR DMG TO SA226.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0003 81/5/29 NEWARK,NJ SWEARINGEN SA226 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0844 N105UR PX- 0 0 5 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER UNK/NR, 8096 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 72 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 613 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ UTICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- RUDDER/VER STAB STRUCK BY WING TIP OF DC-8,MINOR DMG TO DC-8.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N105UR
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Newark Intl
- Registration
- N1307L
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Newark Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.