Incident · 1993-03-08

NTSB case CHI93IA125 · ATR ATR 72 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1993-03-08
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: ATR ATR 72 (N248AT)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: SIMMONS Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): SIMMONS

Probable cause

the local controller's failure to issue a proper heading clearance which resulted in a loss of radar separation between two departing airplanes.

Source: NTSB case CHI93IA125

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.

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