Boeing 757-232 N697DL

Summary

On 26 February 2006 at about 00:15 local time, a Boeing 757-232 registered N697DL was involved in an accident near Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 146 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 February 2006 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

General Edward Lawrence Logan (BOS)

Coordinates

42.3644, -71.0053

Aircraft

Boeing 757-232

Registration

N697DL

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boston → Fort Myers

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

NYC06LA074

Nobody was injured.

The deice vehicle driver's failure to maintain clearance from a standing airplane, which resulted in a collision between the deice vehicle and left elevator of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The driver of a deice vehicle, and a ground employee in the bucket of the deice vehicle, were spraying the accident airplane. At the completion of the deice operation, the driver of the deice vehicle began to drive away from the airplane. The ground employee in the bucket of the deice vehicle then observed ice accumulation on the vertical stabilizer. As the driver of the deice vehicle initiated a turn back toward the airplane, the boom of the deice vehicle struck the airplane, resulting in substantial damage to the left elevator.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.