- Date
- March 31, 1989, 07:17 local (12:17 UTC)
- Place
- Syracuse, NY
- Injuries
- 5 minor, 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19890331010281A19890331010282A
- Case key
- 36281
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Probable cause
Failure of the crew of brockway flight 993 to see-and-avoid the other aircraft due to the first officer's inadequate visual lookout & the captain's inadequate supervision. Factors related to the accident were: the weather condition, and the ground controller's failure to provide a traffic advisory to icarus 60.
Failure of the crew of brockway flight 993 to see-and-avoid the other aircraft due to the first officer's inadequate visual lookout & the captain's inadequate supervision. Factors related to the accident were: the weather condition, and the ground controller's failure to provide a traffic advisory to icarus 60.
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
Brockway air flt 993 (BE-1900C, N7254R) was clrd to lnd on rwy 28 as icarus 60 (mitsubishi MU-2B, N638MA) was taxiing to rwy 28, via the parallel twy (alpha). Wx was in part: ptly obscd, 200' ovc, vis 3/4 mi with lgt drzl & fog, wnd calm. While lndg, flt 993 was adzd to turn rgt when able & to ctc gnd clt 'leaving the runway.' At 1216:53 EST, flt 993 tmtd to gnd ctl that the flt was off the rwy. At 1217:00, gnd ctlr told flt 993 to 'give way to the mitsubishi, then taxi to ramp via echo...' At abt that time, an ELT actvtd as the 2 acft collided. Inv revealed 1st officer of flt 993 made the lndg, turned off on twy echo & bgn to cross twy alpha. Twy echo angled off the rwy, but was not a high speed twy, tho capt of flt 993 thought it was. Collision occurred at intxn of twys. Neither crew saw the otr acft until moments bfr impact. Ctlr's view of twy alpha was partly blocked by obstns; gnd cltr did not adz icarus 60 of psn of flt 993 or instruct him to hold short of intxn. Capt of icarus 60 had looked away for another acft just bfr impact.
Brockway air flt 993 (BE-1900C, N7254R) was clrd to lnd on rwy 28 as icarus 60 (mitsubishi MU-2B, N638MA) was taxiing to rwy 28, via the parallel twy (alpha). Wx was in part: ptly obscd, 200' ovc, vis 3/4 mi with lgt drzl & fog, wnd calm. While lndg, flt 993 was adzd to turn rgt when able & to ctc gnd ctl 'leaving the runway.' At 1216:53 EST, flt 993 tmtd to gnd ctl that the flt was off the rwy. At 1217:00, gnd ctlr told flt 993 to 'give way to the mitsubishi, then taxi to ramp via echo. . .' At abt that time, an ELT actvtd as the 2 acft collided. Inv revealed 1st officer of flt 993 made the lndg, turned off on twy echo & bgn to cross twy alpha. Twy echo angled off the rwy, but was not a high speed twy, tho capt of flt 993 thought it was. Collision occurred at intxn of twys. Neither crew saw the otr acft until moments bfr impact. Ctlr's view of twy alpha was partly blocked by obstns; gnd ctlr did not adz icarus 60 of psn of flt 993 or instruct him to hold short of intxn. Capt of icarus 60 had looked away for another acft just bfr impact.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N638MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 638
- Airframe hours
- 4,725
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331, 665 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Eagle Aero
- Registered owner
- Eagle Aero
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 23, 1989 · 92 hours before
- Destination
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SYR · Syracuse-Hancock, runway 28, 9,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- N7254R
- Reported as
- Beech 1900C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- UB-22
- Airframe hours
- 10,188
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-65B, 1,100 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Brockway Air, doing business as Piedmont Commuter System
- Registered owner
- Beech Acceptance Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 28, 1989 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- MSS · Massena, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SYR · Syracuse-Hancock, runway 28, 9,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N638MA
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 5,100 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N7254R
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,918 total · 1,321 in this make and model · 3,020 as pilot in command · 149 in the last 90 days · 77 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SYR, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.