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Boeing 737 N737DA

5 July 2007 · New York City, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 July 2007 at about 13:16 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N737DA, operated by Delta Airlines Inc DFW Base Maintenance, was involved in an incident near New York City, New York, United States. 58 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 13:16
Classification
Incident
Location
New York City, New York, United States
Nearest airport
La Guardia (LGA)
Coordinates
40.7772, -73.8725
Aircraft
Boeing 737
Registration
N737DA
Category
Airplane
Operator
Delta Airlines Inc DFW Base Maintenance
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Covington → New York City
Aircraft damage
Not recorded
Weather
VMC
NTSB number
OPS07IA007

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
58 0 0 0 58

Probable cause

ATC - The incident occurred because the ground controller instructed COM5196 to cross runway 22, without approval from the local controller, resulting in a loss of separation with DAL1238 that was landing on the same runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On July 5, 2007, at about 0915 Eastern daylight time, there was a runway incursion at LaGuardia Airport, New York, New York involving Delta (DAL) flight 1238, a 737, and Comair (COM) flight 196, a CRJ1. There was a developmental training on ground control (GC) at the time of this incident. GC requested to cross runway 22 with an aircraft at taxiway F. The local controller approved the request advising he should cross behind COM flight 425, an E135, which was landing on runway 22. DAL1238 was inbound, landing behind COM425. The aircraft following DAL1238 inbound was issued go around instructions but GC thought that DAL1238 had been sent around. GC then crossed COM196, on runway 22 at taxiway F, without coordination, as DAL1238 crossed the landing threshold. The FAA originally reported that the lateral separation of the aircraft was 3,200 feet. The Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMASS) radar data indicated that the closest proximity of the aircraft was about 650 feet. The incident occurred during day visual flight rules conditions. The FAA classified this incursion as a Category C.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Aircraft involved

Aircraft Registration Operator Damage
Boeing 737 N737DA Delta Airlines Inc DFW Base Maintenance -
Bombardier CRJ N7415 Comair Inc -

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