- Date
- March 18, 1988, 19:39 local (Mar 19, 1988, 00:39 UTC)
- Place
- Morristown, NJ
- Injuries
- 123 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N69348Boeing 737N500NHGates Learjet 24E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 36020
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Boeing 737 (N69348) was depg newark intl arpt as a lear jet 24 (N500NH) was depg fm teterboro. Both were being ctld by new york TRACON (newark sector). The strip for the 737 was mismarked as a north departure rather than an east departure. The instructor/full performance level controller (fpl ctlr) sat at the radar scope in a psn where he could not verify the markings on strips which were being used by the developmental ctlr. When an automated handoff was initiated to the wrong sector, both newark ctlrs discovered the error. The developmental ctlr started to take action to maint separation between the 737 & the lear jet. However, the fpl ctlr took control & the required IFR separation was subsequently lost. Both acft were operating on IFR flt plans in VFR conditions. No evasive action was taken by either flt crew.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N69348
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23586
- Airframe hours
- 2,361
- Engine
- GE CFM56-3-B1, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Continental Airlines
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- EWR · Newark, NJ
- Destination
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- N500NH
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 24E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-355
- Engine
- GE CJ-610-6, 2,850 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Haas-Foster Partners
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- UGN · Waukegan, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N69348
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 7 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N500NH
- Age
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,200 total · 8,300 in this make and model · 14,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F