Incident · 2000-12-13

NTSB case CHI01IA046 · McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2000-12-13
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 (N9342)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Probable cause

Failure of the pilot of the other airplane to maintain clearance. Factors relating to this accident were the snow-covered taxiways and the ground controller disregarding the pilot of the other airplane's warning of the unsafe/hazardous situation of being unable to taxi around the standing Northwest Airlines DC-9 airplane.

Source: NTSB case CHI01IA046

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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