Luis Muniz Marin Int'l Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

San Juan
Saturday, December 26, 1987 11:35 AST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

N705AA WAS NUMBER TWO IN POSITION FOR TAKEOFF BEHIND N893AA. N705AA RECEIVED TAKEOFF CLEARANCE FIRST AND AS IT BEGAN TO TAXI TO THE RUNWAY IT'S LEFT WING TIP STRUCK AND PASSED UNDER THE RIGHT WING TIP OF N893AA.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/26/1987
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1135
Event Time Zone Atlantic Standard Time
Event City SAN JUAN
Event State PUERTO RICO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 00913
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport LUIS MUNIZ MARIN INT'L
Event Location Nearest Airport ID SJU
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 --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1200 Atlantic Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID SJU
Elevation of weather observation facility 9
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation AST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 2500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 13
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 28
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 23
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 80
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 12
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
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 200
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2186
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Dec 27 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1500
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 35663
Date of most recent change to record Apr 7 2001 12:43PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft #2

Aircraft Registration Number N705AA N893AA
NTSB Number MIA88LA075A MIA88LA075B
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 Substantial Minor
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BOEING BOEING
Aircraft Model 727-200 727-223
Aircraft Series Identifier 727-200 727-223
Aircraft Serial Number 22462 22009
Certified Max Gross Weight 142000 142000
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 140 140
Number of Engines 3 3
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown Unknown
Date of Last Inspection -- --
Airframe hours since last inspection -- --
Airframe Hours -- --
ELT Installed Unknown Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown Unknown
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name FIRST SECURITY BANK OF UTAH MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST CO
Aircraft Owner Street Address 79 SOUTH MAIN STREET 30 WEST BROADWAY
Aircraft Owner City SALT LAKE CITY NEW YORK
Aircraft Owner State UT NY
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 84111 10015
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
Operator Same as Owner? No No
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No No
Operator Street Address BOX 619616 DFW AIRPORT BOX 619616 DFW AIRPORT
Operator City DALLAS DALLAS
Operator State TX TX
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 75261 75261
Operator Code AALA AALA
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 Scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown Unknown
Second Pilot on Board Yes Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1135 1135
Departure Time Zone AST AST
Destination Same as Local Flt -- --
Destination Airport Code MIA ORD
Destination City MIAMI CHICAGO
Destination State FL IL
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi Standing
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
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 -- --