Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Nashville Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Nashville, Tennessee 37217
Thursday, June 18, 1987 22:17 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
AT APRX 2211 CDT, DELTA FLT 314 (BOEING 727, N482DA) WAS CLRD TO TAXI TO RWY 31 WITH INFO INDIA. INFO INDIA INDCD RWY 31WAS ACTIVE. SOON THEREAFTER, SOUTHWEST FLT 715 (BOEING 737, N50SW) REQD & RECD TAXI CLNC TO RWY 13 FOR TKOF. TO ACCOMMO-DATE INCOMING TRAFFIC THAT HAD REQD RWY 13 FOR LNDG, FLT 715 (AT THE APCH END OF RWY 13) WAS CLRD FOR IMMEDIATE TKOF. INITIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (OF TKOF CLNC, RECD BY TWR) WAS GARBLED FLWD BY AN AUDIBLE '. . . 715.' THE TWR CTLR DID NOT REALIZE BOTH FLTS HAD ACKNOWLEDGED THE TKOF CLNC, SINCE FLT 314 WAS STILL TAXIING TO RWY 31. BOTH FLTS STARTED DEPG FM OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE RWY. AT 1ST, NEITHER FLT CREW COULD SEE THE OTR DUE TO A CROWN IN THE RWY. WHEN THEY SAW EACH OTR, FLT 715 WAS APCHG V1 SPEED & ELECTED TO CONT THE TKOF. FLT 314 HAD JUST BGN ITS TKOF ROLL & ABORTED BY TURNING OFF ON A TWY. AN INV REVEALED THAT BFR DEPG, WHEN FLT 314 WAS APCHG RWY 31 FOR TKOF, THE 1ST OFFICER (F/O) THOUGHT HE HEARD CLNC FOR TKOF. THE CAPT OF FLT 314 ASKED THE F/O IF HE WAS SURE & THE F/O REPLIED 'YES' & SAID HE HAD ACKNOWLEDGED THE CLNC.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 6/18/1987 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 2217 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | NASHVILLE |
| Event State | TENNESSEE |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 37217 |
| Event Date Year | 1987 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | -- |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | -- |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | NASHVILLE |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | BNA |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 599 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2200 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | BNA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 599 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 4000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 4000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 23 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 60 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 1000 |
| 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 | 161 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5021 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jun 19 1987 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 732 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 33856 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 9 2001 10:27AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| 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 | N482DA | N50SW |
| NTSB Number | ATL87IA179A | ATL87IA179B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | None | None |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BOEING | BOEING |
| Aircraft Model | 727-232 | 737-2H4 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 727-232 | 737-2H4 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 20862 | 21447 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 191500 | 100800 |
| 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 | 134 | 124 |
| Number of Engines | 3 | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- | -- |
| ELT Installed | No | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | DELTA AIRLINES | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | ATLANTA HARTSFIELD INT'L | P.O. BOX 37611 |
| Aircraft Owner City | ATLANTA | DALLAS |
| Aircraft Owner State | GA | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 75235 | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | ||
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | ||
| Operator City | ||
| Operator State | ||
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | ||
| Operator Code | DALA | SWAA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | Yes | Yes |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger/Cargo | Passenger/Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | BNA | BNA |
| Departure City | ||
| Departure State | ||
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 2217 | 2217 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | TYS | MID |
| Destination City | KNOXVILLE | CHICAGO |
| Destination State | TN | IL |
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 31 | 13 |
| Runway Length | 8500 | 8500 |
| Runway Width | 150 | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |