Accident · 1999-09-27

What the record says

Event date

1999-09-27

Event type

Accident

Highest injury level

Serious injury

Aircraft

Boeing 767-332 (N196DN)

Operating rule

Part 121

Operator

operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

FAA approach/departure controller's improper service and failure to coordinate and resolve a conflict between aircraft prior to effecting a frequency change, and the improper application of visual separation rules to a flight in the clouds, resulting the crew being required to make an abrupt maneuver to avoid the traffic, causing serious injury to a flight attendant.

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.