Accident · 2006-09-08
What the record says
- Event date
- 2006-09-08
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Airbus Industrie A319-112 (NCGJTA)
- Operating rule
- Part 129
- Operator
- Air Canada Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AIR CANADA
Probable cause
The Airbus first officer's misjudged clearance from the EMB-170. Also causal was the ground controller's decision to issue a taxi clearance for the Airbus to pass behind the EMB-170. A factor to the accident was the light condition.
Source: NTSB case NYC06LA222Flight 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.