Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Livingston, Tennessee 38520
Wednesday, November 12, 1986 9:33 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE BRANIFF AND UNITED BOEING 727 JETLINERS WERE APPROACHING 'SWAPP' INTERSECTION ON CONVERGING JETWAYS AT THEIR PROPER ASSIGNED ALT OF 35,000'. THE CONTROLLER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ISSUING RADAR VECTORS TO ASSURE PROPER LATERAL SEPARATION WHEN THE CONTROL FREQ BECAME BLOCKED. ATTEMPTS TO OVERRIDE THE BLOCKED FREQ WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE TWO ACFT PASSED WITH APPROX 200' VERT AND ZERO HORZ SEPARATION. THE TWO FLT CREWS DID NOT SEE THE OTHER ACFT UNTIL THE NEAR COLLISION OCCURRED. THE INITIAL TRANSMISSION BY THE BRANIFF CAPTAIN FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT CLEARED THE FREQ AND ALL COMMS RETURNED TO NORMAL. BOTH ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FLT DATA RECORDER IN THE BRANIFF 727 INDICATED A SOLID 5 MINUTE EVENT MARKER OF MIC 'ON' THAT CORRELATED TO THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE BRANIFF CREW WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FREQUENCY PROBLEM. THERE WERE NO DISCREPANCIES REVEALED DURING BENCH TESTS PERFORMED ON THE EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN THE BRANIFF ACFT.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 11/12/1986 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 933 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | LIVINGSTON |
| Event State | TENNESSEE |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 38520 |
| Event Date Year | 1986 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| 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) | 50 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| 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 | 167 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5056 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Nov 12 1986 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1130 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 33008 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 18 2002 11:28AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\GIUV |
| 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 | N471BN | N7014U |
| NTSB Number | ATL87IA020A | ATL87IA020B |
| 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 | 727-227 | 727-22 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 727-227 | 727-22 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 21669 | 18306 |
| 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 | 134 | 134 |
| 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 | 16619 | 54668 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | JAMES W. TOREN-TRUSTEE | UNITED AIRLINES |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | RODNEY SQUARE NORTH | O'HARE INT'L ARPT |
| Aircraft Owner City | WILMINTON | CHICAGO |
| Aircraft Owner State | DE | IL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 19890 | 60666 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | BRANIFF AIRLINE, INC. | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 7701 LEMMONS AVE. | |
| Operator City | DALLAS | |
| Operator State | TX | |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 75209 | |
| Operator Code | BNFA | UALA |
| 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 | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | LGA | FMY |
| Departure City | NEW YORK | FORT MYERS |
| Departure State | NY | FL |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 0 | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | ||
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | DFW | ORD |
| Destination City | DALLAS | CHICAGO |
| Destination State | TX | IL |
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM | Dec 20 2002 12:42PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |