Boeing 737-900ER N914DU

Summary

On 14 January 2023 at about 01:44 local time, a Boeing 737-900ER registered N914DU, operated by Delta Air Lines, was involved in an incident near Queens, New York, United States. 308 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 January 2023 at 01:44

Classification

Incident

Location

Queens, New York, United States

Nearest airport

John F. Kennedy International (KJFK)

Coordinates

40.6413, -73.7781

Aircraft

Boeing 737-900ER

Registration

N914DU

Category

Airplane

Year built

2019

Engines

2

Operator

Delta Air Lines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Santo Domingo

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DCA23LA125

Nobody was injured.

The American Airlines flight 106 (AAL106) crew’s surface navigation error due to distractions caused by their performance of concurrent operational tasks during taxi, which resulted in a loss of situational awareness. Contributing to the incident was the air traffic control tower team’s nondetection of the AAL106 crew’s deviation from taxi instructions while performing concurrent operational tasks; the timing of the runway status light system, which activated too late to prevent the AAL106 crew from crossing the runway hold short line; and American Airlines’ lack of adequate risk controls to prevent concurrent flight crew tasks from leading to distraction, loss of situational awareness, and deviation from an authorized taxi clearance. Reducing the severity of the incident, and likely preventing an accident, was the activation of the ASDE-X warning in the air traffic control tower and the local controller’s prompt cancellation of DAL1943’s takeoff clearance.

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