AAR·91/08 Runway Collision of B733 and SW4 at Los Angeles CA USA, 1 Feb 1991
AAR·91/08 Runway Collision of B733 and SW4 at Los Angeles CA USA, 1 Feb 1991
This report explains the collision of USAir flight 1493 and Skywest flight 5569 on a runway at the Los Angeles International Airport on February 1, 1S91. The safety issues discussed in the report are air traffic management and equipment at the airport; aircraft exterior lighting and conspicuity; pilot situational awareness during takeoff and ianding and operations on airport surfaces; air traffic controller workload, performance, and supervision; and air transport accident survivability, evacuation standards and procedures, interior furnishing flammability standards, and survival devices. Recommendations concerning these issues were made to the Federal Aviation Administration.






