This report explains the runway collision of Trans World Airlines flight 427, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82, and N441KM, a Cessna 441, at the intersection of runway 30R and taxiway Romeo at the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri. The safety issues discussed in the report include aircraft lighting and conspicuity; airport markings, signs, and lighting; runway 31 designation, utilization, displaced threshold; ATC and pilot phraseology (specifically, the term 'back-taxi'); pilot training, runway incursion detection/prevention methods; and ASDE/AMASS development. Safety recommendations concerning some of these issues were made to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
National Transportation Safety Board Aircraft Accident Report: Runway Collision Involving Transworld Airlines Flight 427 and Superior Aviation Cessna 441, Bridgeton, Missouri, November 22, 1994
1995
160 pages
Report
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Englisch