Incident · 1993-03-23

NTSB case NYC93IA065 · BOEING 727-100 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1993-03-23
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: BOEING 727-100 (N107FE)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): FEDERAL EXPRESS, INC.

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF LANDING RUNWAY, AND THE FAILURE OF THE LOCAL CONTROLLER TO ADEQUATELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE FLIGHT. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT WERE: THE FAILURE OF TOWER PERSONNEL TO NOTIFY TRACON OF THE ATIS CHANGE, THE LOCAL CONTROLLER PERFORMING GROUND CONTROLLER DUTIES, AND THE PILOT'S EXPECTATION TO LAND ON RUNWAY 4L AS A RESULT OF THE ATIS.

Source: NTSB case NYC93IA065

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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