Accident · 1990-05-11

NTSB case NYC90FA104 · SHORT BROTHERS SD3-60-200 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-05-11
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: SHORT BROTHERS SD3-60-200 (N381MQ)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: COMMAND AIRWAYS Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): COMMAND AIRWAYS — Commuter air carrier (135) Operator Does Business As: AMERICAN EAGLE

Probable cause

PILOT FACTOR IN THAT THE PILOT TAXIED INTO A HOLD POSITION THAT WAS TOO CLOSE TO A DEPARTING B-747, WHICH RESULTED IN THE A/C BEING BLOWN INTO A BLAST FENCE. CONTRIBUTING WAS THE LACK OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION FROM THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE FLIGHT CREW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM WHICH TO BASE THEIR DECISION ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE AIRPLANE BEHIND THE DEPARTING 747.

Source: NTSB case NYC90FA104

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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