Incident · 1995-02-27

NTSB case FTW95IA126 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD11 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1995-02-27
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD11 (N1763)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

THE LOCAL CONTROLLER'S TASK OVERLOAD, WHICH LED HIM TO FORGET TO ISSUE APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC ADVISORIES AND TO LOSE HIS AWARENESS OF THE TRAFFIC SITUATION, AND THE FAILURE OF THE CONTROLLER'S SUPERVISOR TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CONTROLLER HAD REACHED OR EXCEEDED HIS MAXIMUM THRESHOLD OF WORKLOAD CAPABILITY AND TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

Source: NTSB case FTW95IA126

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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