ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 372689
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| Date: | Thursday 9 July 1987 |
| Time: | 11:21 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A310-222 |
| Owner/operator: | Pan Am |
| Registration: | N804PA |
| MSN: | 345 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4025 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4E1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 93 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK) |
| Saint Thomas-Cyril E. King Airport (STT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-10 (VIASA FLT 800, YV-135C) & AN AIRBUS A310 (PAN AM FLT 221, N804PA) WERE INVOLVED IN A NEAR COLLISION WHILE ON INTL FLTS OVR THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ON (AIRWAY) AMBER 300. BOTH ACFT WERE OPERG UNDER IFR & WERE IN A NON-RADAR ENVIRONMENTW/O DRCT RADIO CTC WITH AN ATC FACILITY. COMMUNICATION BTN THE ACFT & ATC WAS THRU ARINC, A COMMERCIAL COMPANY. WHILE SOUTHBOUND AT FL 370, FLT 221 MADE A REQ THRU ARINC TO CLIMB TO FL 390. WHEN THE CONTROLLER (CTLR) AT NEW YORK CENTER OCEANIC CTL RCVD THE REQ, HE COORDINATED WITH SAN JUAN ARTCC & SCANNED HIS BOARD, BUT SAW NO CONFLICTS & APPROVED THE REQ. AFTER LVLG AT FL 390, FLT 221 CONVERGED HEAD-ON WITH FLT 800 WHICH WAS NORTHBOUND AT THE SAME ALT. THE AIRCREW OF FLT 800 TOOK EVASIVE ACTN; THE CREW OF FLT 221 ELECTED NOT TO MNVR. THE CAPT OF FLT 800 SAID HE ESTD THE ACFT PASSED WITH 500'
TO 1000' HRZNTL SEPN & 350' VRT SEPN. THE CTLR HAD JUST COME ON DUTY. AFTER FLT 800 HAD PREVIOUSLY PASSED A MANDATORY RPRTG POINT, ITS STRIP HAD BEEN REMOVED FM THE CTLR'S BOARD SINCE THE NEXT INTXN WAS A NON-RPRTG FIX.
Findings
1. (C) ATC CLEARANCE - IMPROPER - ATC PERSONNEL(ARTCC)
2. (C) MONITORING - IMPROPER - ATC PERSONNEL(ARTCC)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC87IA199
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2024 20:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 28-Mar-2024 08:02 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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