Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 15 November 1961
Aircraft Type: Vickers 798D Viscount
Owner/operator: Northeast Airlines
Registration Number: N6592C
Location: Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 45
Component Affected: Tower personnel failed to provide adequate surveillance of the active runway and to issue an appropriate warning message to the pilot of National 429 alerting him to the impending traffic conflict.Tower personnel failed to provide adequate surveillance of the active runway and to issue an appropriate warning message to the pilot of National 429 alerting him to the impending traffic conflict.
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
Northeast Flight 120, a Vickers Viscount, collided with National Airlines Flight 429, a DC-6, during a landing rollout near Boston. The collision resulted from National 429 attempting to takeoff from runway 09 without clearance.Northeast Flight 120, a Vickers Viscount, collided with National Airlines Flight 429, a DC-6, during a landing rollout near Boston. The collision resulted from National 429 attempting to takeoff from runway 09 without clearance.
Description
Northeast Flight 120, a Vickers Viscount, arrived near Boston and was cleared to land on runway 04R. During the landing rollout a DC-6, National Airlines Flight 429, was attempting to takeoff from runway 09. Both aircraft collided. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The Board finds this ground collision accident occurred as the result of commencement of takeoff by National 429 without clearance. Contributing factors were the failure of tower personnel to provide adequate surveillance of the active runway and to issue an appropriate warning message to the pilot of National 429 alerting him to the impending traffic confliction.”
Primary Cause
The Board finds this ground collision accident occurred as a result of commencement of takeoff by National 429 without clearance.The Board finds this ground collision accident occurred as a result of commencement of takeoff by National 429 without clearance.Share on:
