On April 1, 1976, Hughes Airwest Flight 5 and Northwest Airlines Flight 603 almost collided in instrument meteorological conditions over the Spokane International Airport, Spokane, Washington. Airwest 5 executed a missed approach from the ILS approach to runway 21 at Spokane Airport as Northwest 603 departed runway 21 and began its climb. Both aircraft continued in a south-southwesterly direction until the flightcrew of Airwest 5 saw Northwest 603 and took evasive action. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this incident was the inadequacy of the local air traffic control procedures to insure positive and adequate separation between arriving and departing aircraft. Contributing to the incident was the failure of the local controller to recognize and resolve the impending conflict in accordance with the basic mandate to insure positive separation between aircraft.


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    Title :

    Near Midair Collision, Hughes Airwest, Douglas DC-9, N9333 and Northwest Airlines, Inc., Douglas DC-10, N148US, Spokane International Airport, Spokane, Washington, April 1, 1976


    Publication date :

    1976


    Size :

    22 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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