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

Publication info
Author
NTSB (USA)
Category
Human Factors Runway Incursion
Date of publication
03/03/1992

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.

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