Boeing 727 N439BN

14 January 1981 · Seattle, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 14 January 1981 at about 18:32 local time, a Boeing 727 registered N439BN, operated by Braniff Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident during the taxi phase of flight near Seattle, Washington, United States. 37 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 January 1981 at 18:32
Classification: Incident
Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Nearest airport: Boeing
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Registration: N439BN
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Braniff Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Portland, Or
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0016

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
37	0	0	0	37

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

NEAR-COLLISION.TWR UN SEE DUE FOG.HOLDING SHORT RWY 13R VICE 13L.2/3 RWY OBSTRUCTED BY B-727.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 4-0016, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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