Incident · 2006-01-27

NTSB case OPS06IA004 · EADS Socata A320 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2006-01-27
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: EADS Socata A320 (NUNK)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: UNITED AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): UNITED AIR LINES INC

Probable cause

Deficient FAA procedures for separation of aircraft using converging runways, which failed to ensure that the tower controllers were able to provide adequate separation in the event of a go-around.

Source: NTSB case OPS06IA004

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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