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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Teterboro, New Jersey 07608
Sunday, June 17, 2007 13:20 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On June 17, 2007, at 1720 Coordinated Universal Time, 1320 Eastern daylight time, Avantair (VRN) flight 152, a Piaggio P180 and N6026K, a Cirrus SR-22, nearly collided in the intersection of runways 19 and 24 at Teterboro Airport (TEB), Teterboro, New Jersey. VRN152 was operating under 14 CFR Part 135 as a domestic non-scheduled on-demand air taxi on an instrument flight plan destined for Martin State Airport, Baltimore, Maryland (MTN). VRN152 was not carrying passengers at the time. N6026K was operating under 14 CFR Part 91 and was on a visual flight rules flight plan. There were no injuries reported to the any of the crew or passengers on either aircraft. VRN152 reported no damage to the aircraft; however, the tires, wheels and brake assemblies had to be replaced post incident. There was no damage to N6026K.
VRN152 was assigned transponder code 7153; N6062K was assigned transponder code 0330.
At 1719:02, VRN152 transmitted to the Teterboro tower controller, "and Avantair one five two is ready ah for [runway] two four." The tower controller replied, "Avantair one five two, runway two four, cleared for takeoff." The pilot acknowledged the clearance. VRN152 departed from the approach end of runway 24.
At 1719:42, the pilot of N6026K transmitted to the same tower controller and said, "n two six kilo is ready to go [on runway 19] at [taxiway] bravo." The tower controller replied, "Cirrus two six kilo left turn northeast bound maintain at or below one thousand, runway one niner cleared for takeoff." The pilot responded, "ok left turn northeast bound and at or below one thousand ah cleared to go two kilo six." At 1720:28, N6026K transmitted, "and two six kilo we have an open door we're just gonna stop here for one second if that's possible." The tower controller did not acknowledge this transmission.
During the following 18 seconds, according to the VRN152 pilot's statement, the pilot of VRN152 observed N6026K on a potential collision course and applied maximum braking and retarded engine power. The ground speed of VRN152 was approximately 106 knots. With the brakes locked up, and as the two aircraft approached one another, the pilot of VRN152 applied right rudder in an attempt to minimize the impact and hit N6026K in the tail section vice a direct broadside hit at the wings. The pilot of VRN152 stated that his aircraft passed "what seemed like just feet behind the Cirrus and it took a few moments" for the pilot to realize he had not collided with the Cirrus. VRN152 continued down runway 24, where the pilot was able to maintain directional control until the tail slid out and the aircraft slid, coming to a stop approximately 3800 feet from the approach end of the runway, facing approximately on a north heading.
The pilot of N6026K recalled crossing the runway 24 intersection with 40 to 50 knots of airspeed indicated, noticed an aircraft off to his right and as he looked further, noticed it was in full braking mode and beginning to turn sideways on the runway. At this point, the pilot of N6026K was committed to his own departure and followed through with rotation. N6026K did not recall whether he slowed down or came to a complete stop during this departure evolution.
The tower controller stated he was distracted and did not observe the event, therefore he did not cancel the takeoff clearance to either aircraft; however, a comment he made alerted the other controllers in the tower cab to observe the incident.
At 1720:46, Teterboro tower transmitted "avantair one fifty two you you alright." At 1720:48, VRN 152 responded "yeah we're fine."
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The TEB tower local controller's failure to ensure separation between two aircraft departing on intersecting runways.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 6/17/2007 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1320 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Teterboro |
| Event State | NEW JERSEY |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 07608 |
| Event Date Year | 2007 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 405100N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0740339W |
| Event Location Airport | -- |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | TEB |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | -- |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 29 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 13 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 290 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 9 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.89 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 22758 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jun 18 2007 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 21 2013 2:01PM |
| User who most recently changed record | hopj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | HQ |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | -- | -- |
| NTSB Number | OPS07IA005A | OPS07IA005B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | -- | -- |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR | VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Minor | None |
| Aircraft Fire | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Explosion | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Piaggio Industrie | Cirrus Design Corp. |
| Aircraft Model | P180 | SR-22 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | -- | -- |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- | -- |
| ELT Installed | -- | -- |
| ELT Activated | -- | -- |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | -- | -- |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | -- | -- |
| Operator is an individual? | No | -- |
| Operator Name | -- | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | -- |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | -- |
| Operator Street Address | 4311 General Howard Drive | 522 N GEORGES HILL RD |
| Operator City | Clearwater | Southbury |
| Operator State | FL | CT |
| Operator Country | USA | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 33762 | 06488 |
| Operator Code | VRN | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- | Executive/Corporate |
| Second Pilot on Board | -- | -- |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | TEB | TEB |
| Departure City | Teterboro | Teterboro |
| Departure State | NJ | NJ |
| Departure Country | USA | USA |
| Departure Time | -- | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | -- | -- |
| Destination City | -- | -- |
| Destination State | -- | -- |
| Destination Country | -- | -- |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff - aborted | Takeoff - aborted |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 21 2013 2:03PM | Nov 19 2007 3:02PM |
| User who most recently changed record | hopj | ROWS |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- | -- |
| Runway Length | -- | -- |
| Runway Width | -- | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |