Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
New York, New York 11371
Sunday, April 23, 1989 17:49 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
A CESSNA 421, N247CB, WAS RECEIVING RADAR ADVISORIES FROM NEW YORK TRACON WHILE PROCEEDING WESTBOUND AT 10,500 FT. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, PAN AM FLT 542 (BOEING 727, N553PE) WAS PROCEEDING NORTHEAST AT 10,000 FT WITH AN IFR CLNC. AT 1744:32 EDT, THE LIBERTY SECTOR CTLR GAVE THE CESSNA PLT A FREQ CHANGE TO THE LAGUARDIA SECTOR, WHICH WAS THE NEXT SECTOR TO THE WEST; HE THEN CHANGED THE CESSNA 421'S DATA BLOCK TO A LIMITED DATA BLOCK. AT 1748, FLT 542 WAS GIVEN A FREQ CHANGE FROM THE LAGUARDIA SECTOR TO THE LIBERTY SECTOR. AT 1749:04, BEFORE THE TWO ACFT HAD PASSED EACH OTHER, THE LIBERTY SECTOR CTLR CLRD FLT 542 TO CLIMB TO 17,000 FT & TO TURN TO A HDG OF 080 DEG. THE CESSNA PLT HAD BEEN GIVEN A TRAFFIC ADVISORY (BY THE LAGUARDIA CTLR) & WAS WATCHING FLT 542. WHEN THE CESSNA PLT REALIZED FLT 542 HAD STARTED TO CLIMB, HE PULLED UP TO AVOID A COLLISION. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, ONE OF THE PLTS OF FLT 542 SAW THE CESSNA & PUSHED THE NOSE OF HIS ACFT DOWN FOR EVASIVE ACTION.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
FAILURE OF THE LIBERTY SECTOR CONTROLLER TO ADVISE PAN AM FLIGHT 542 OF THE PRESENCE OF THE CESSNA 421 AND/OR RESTRICT THE CLIMB OF FLIGHT 542 UNTIL IT HAD PASSED THE CESSNA, AND FAILURE OF THE PAN AM AIRCREW TO SEE THE CESSNA IN ADEQUATE TIME TO AVOID A NEAR COLLISION.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 4/23/1989 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1749 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | NEW YORK |
| Event State | NEW YORK |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 11371 |
| Event Date Year | 1989 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | -- |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | -- |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1756 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 210 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | JFK |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 13 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 23 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 25 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 12 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -8 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 330 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 16 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 208 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5072 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Apr 24 1990 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 800 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 42014 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 30 2001 11:03AM |
| User who most recently changed record | MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N247CB | N553PE |
| NTSB Number | NYC89IA222A | NYC89IA222B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | None | None |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA | BOEING |
| Aircraft Model | 421C | 727-227 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 421C | 727-227 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 421C0299 | 20774 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 7450 | 160000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 8 | 169 |
| Number of Engines | 2 | 3 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 15 1989 12:00AM | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 63 | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 4330 | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes | No |
| ELT Activated | No | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No | No |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | BUN AIR CORPORATION | CONTINENTAL AIRLINES |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX 638 | 2929 ALLEN PARKWAY SUITE 1900 |
| Aircraft Owner City | BEDFORD | HOUSTON |
| Aircraft Owner State | PA | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 15522 | 77019 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | PAN AMERICAN | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Street Address | 200 PARK AVE | |
| Operator City | NEW YORK | |
| Operator State | NY | |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | ||
| Operator Code | BAVA | PAAA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- | Passenger/Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Positioning | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | HVN | LGA |
| Departure City | NEW HAVEN | NEW YORK |
| Departure State | CT | NY |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1735 | 1743 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | 4G9 | BOS |
| Destination City | BEDFORD | BOSTON |
| Destination State | PA | MA |
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise | Climb |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 10 2001 12:26PM | Jan 10 2001 12:26PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- | -- |
| Runway Width | -- | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |