Incident · 2006-10-28

NTSB case NYC07IA015 · Boeing 757-224 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2006-10-28
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Boeing 757-224 (N17105)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC

Probable cause

The flight crew's misidentification of the parallel taxiway as the active runway, resulting in the flight crew executing a landing on the taxiway. Contributing was the night lighting conditions.

Source: NTSB case NYC07IA015

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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