Boeing 727-232 N482DA
19 June 1987 · Nashville, Tennessee, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 June 1987 at about 03:17 local time, a Boeing 727-232 registered N482DA was involved in an incident near Nashville, Tennessee, United States. 161 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 03:17
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Nashville (BNA)
- Coordinates
- 36.1100, -86.6603
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-232
- Registration
- N482DA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Knoxville
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- ATL87IA179
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 |
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
AT APRX 2211 CDT, DELTA FLT 314 (BOEING 727, N482DA) WAS CLRD TO TAXI TO RWY 31 WITH INFO INDIA. INFO INDIA INDCD RWY 31WAS ACTIVE. SOON THEREAFTER, SOUTHWEST FLT 715 (BOEING 737, N50SW) REQD & RECD TAXI CLNC TO RWY 13 FOR TKOF. TO ACCOMMO-DATE INCOMING TRAFFIC THAT HAD REQD RWY 13 FOR LNDG, FLT 715 (AT THE APCH END OF RWY 13) WAS CLRD FOR IMMEDIATE TKOF. INITIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (OF TKOF CLNC, RECD BY TWR) WAS GARBLED FLWD BY AN AUDIBLE '. . . 715.' THE TWR CTLR DID NOT REALIZE BOTH FLTS HAD ACKNOWLEDGED THE TKOF CLNC, SINCE FLT 314 WAS STILL TAXIING TO RWY 31. BOTH FLTS STARTED DEPG FM OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE RWY. AT 1ST, NEITHER FLT CREW COULD SEE THE OTR DUE TO A CROWN IN THE RWY. WHEN THEY SAW EACH OTR, FLT 715 WAS APCHG V1 SPEED & ELECTED TO CONT THE TKOF. FLT 314 HAD JUST BGN ITS TKOF ROLL & ABORTED BY TURNING OFF ON A TWY. AN INV REVEALED THAT BFR DEPG, WHEN FLT 314 WAS APCHG RWY 31 FOR TKOF, THE 1ST OFFICER (F/O) THOUGHT HE HEARD CLNC FOR TKOF. THE CAPT OF FLT 314 ASKED THE F/O IF HE WAS SURE & THE F/O REPLIED 'YES' & SAID HE HAD ACKNOWLEDGED THE CLNC.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Aircraft involved
| Aircraft | Registration | Operator | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 727-232 727-232 | N482DA | - | - |
| Boeing 737-2H4 737-2H4 | N50SW | - | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jun 1987 | Boeing 727-251 | Casper, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Sep 1987 | Boeing 727 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | Eastern Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 28 Oct 1987 | Boeing 727-214 | St Croix | Pan American World Airways | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 1987 | Boeing 727-223 | Tampa, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Dec 1987 | Boeing 727-231 | Miami, Florida, United States | Trans World Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1987 | Boeing 727-247 | Calgary, Canada | Western Airlines | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Aug 1987 | Cessna 182 | St. Joseph, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 1987 | Schleicher ASK-21 | Eagleville, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 1987 | Gulfstream-Schweizer G164B-600 | Union City, Tennessee, United States | Terry Jamison | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 1987 | Burkhart Grob G102-111B | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Sep 1987 | Nord (Sncan) SV4C | Lebanon, Tennessee, United States | William Baldwin | No injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 1987 | Hughes 269A | Morristown, Tennessee, United States | Hal-le-Copters, Inc. | No injuries | - |