Accident · 1994-11-22

NTSB case CHI95MA044 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1994-11-22
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82 (N954U)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: TRANS WORLD AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.

Probable cause

The Cessna 441 pilot's mistaken belief that his assigned departure runway was runway 30R, which resulted in his undetected entrance onto runway 30R, which was being used by the MD-82 for its departure. Contributing to the accident was the lack of Automatic Terminal Information Service and other air traffic control (ATC) information regarding the occasional use of runway 31 for departure. The installation and utilization of Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE-3), and particularly ASDE-3 enhanced with the Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMASS), could have prevented this accident. (NTSB Report AAR-95/05)

Source: NTSB case CHI95MA044

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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