Serious incident Boeing 737-201 N794N,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 379934
 
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Date:Thursday 8 March 1984
Time:08:42 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic B732 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 737-201
Owner/operator:Piedmont Aviation
Registration: N794N
MSN: 22755/873
Year of manufacture:1982
Total airframe hrs:4877 hours
Engine model:P&W JT8-15
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 22
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Serious incident
Location:Erlanger, KY -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Louisville, KY (KSDF)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
WHILE THE ACFT WAS ABOUT 15 MI SW OF THE ARPT BEING VECTORED FOR A RWY 36 CAT II APPROACH, THE LOCAL CONTROLLER GAVE THEGROUND CONTROLLER PERMISSION TO CLEAR SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT TO PROCEED NORTH ON RWY 36 & TO EXIT RWY 36 AT THE INTERSECTION OF RWY 27L. THE ACFT REPORTED AT THE OUTER MARKER & WAS CLEARED TO LAND. THERE WAS NO CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE CONTROLLERS AS TO THE STATUS OF THE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT. JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE CAPTAIN OBSERVED THE AMBER ROTATING BEACON OF ONE OF THE VEHICLES ABOUT 1,000 FT AHEAD. THE CAPTAIN MADE AN IMMEDIATE GO-AROUND & THE ACFT MISSED THE 8 VEHICLES BY AN ESTIMATED 10 FT. THE RWY VISUAL RANGE (RVR) WAS REPORTED AS 3,000 FT.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: CHI84IA127
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB CHI84IA127

Revision history:

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