Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Saturday 9 January 1971 |
Time: | 16:20 |
Type: | Boeing 707-323C |
Operator: | American Airlines |
Registration: | N7595A |
MSN: | 19515/608 |
First flight: | 1967-08-03 (3 years 5 months) |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21 |
Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | Edison, NJ ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO), United States of America |
Destination airport: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR), United States of America |
Flightnumber: | AA30 |
Narrative:American Airlines Flight 30, a Boeing 707-323, N7595A, and a Linden Flight Service Cessna 150, N60942, collided at about 2975 feet above the township of Edison, New Jersey, USA.
The collision occurred while the Boeing 707 was being radar vectored for an Instrument Landing System approach to runway 04 Left at Newark Airport, New Jersey.
The 707 subsequently landed at Newark Airport without injury to its 14 passengers and crew of seven.
The Cessna 150, N60942, occupied by a flight instructor and a student pilot, was on a training flight. The Cessna 150 was demolished by the collision and subsequent ground impact.
Both of its occupants received fatal injuries.
The surface visibility in the Newark area at the time of the accident was 8 miles. However, reports from pilots , who were operating in the area at the time of the collision, indicated that there was a substantial dimunition of flight visibility at the collision altitude.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the inability of the crews of both aircraft to see and avoid each other while operating in a system which permits VFR aircraft to operate up to 3,000 feet on random headings and altitudes in a congested area under conditions of reduced visibility.
An additional causal factor was the designation of a student flight training area in a congested control area under marginal flight visibility conditions."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 4 months | Accident number: | NTSB-AAR-72-16 | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
Mid air collision
Forced landing on runway
Sources:
» NTSB/AAR-72/16
Follow-up / safety actions
NTSB issued 3 Safety Recommendations
Issued: 21-OCT-1971 | To: | A-71-58 |
THE ADMINISTRATOR ESTABLISH PROCEDURES WHEREBY ALL OPERATORS OF CIVIL FLYING TRAINING SCHOOLS WILL FORMALLY ADVISE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITIES OF THE LOCATIONS AND DIMENSIONS OF DESIGNATED PRACTICE AREAS FOR STUDENT FLYING TRAINING, AND THAT SUCH INFORMATION BE DISSEMINATED TO ALL AFFECTED SERVICES WITHIN THE FAA. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 31-MAY-1972 | To: | A-72-104 |
ASSIGNED ALTITUDES SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AS PRECISELY AS POSSIBLE. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 31-MAY-1972 | To: | A-72-105 |
VISIBILITY AND SEPARATION FROM CLOUD DISTANCES SHOULD BE ASSESSED CONSERVATIVELY IN VFR OPERATIONS, AND THAT VFR FLIGHT SHOULD BE CONTINUED ONLY WHEN VISIBILITY IS UNQUESTIONABLE. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
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accident date:
09-01-1971type: Boeing 707-323C
registration: N7595A
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from San Francisco International Airport, CA to Newark International Airport, NJ as the crow flies is 4091 km (2557 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.