Boeing 727-227 N471BN
12 November 1986 · Livingston, Tennessee, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 November 1986 at about 15:33 local time, a Boeing 727-227 registered N471BN, operated by Braniff Airline, Inc., was involved in an incident near Livingston, Tennessee, United States. 167 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:33
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Livingston, Tennessee, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-227
- Registration
- N471BN
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Braniff Airline, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- New York → Dallas
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL87IA020
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
THE BRANIFF AND UNITED BOEING 727 JETLINERS WERE APPROACHING 'SWAPP' INTERSECTION ON CONVERGING JETWAYS AT THEIR PROPER ASSIGNED ALT OF 35,000'. THE CONTROLLER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ISSUING RADAR VECTORS TO ASSURE PROPER LATERAL SEPARATION WHEN THE CONTROL FREQ BECAME BLOCKED. ATTEMPTS TO OVERRIDE THE BLOCKED FREQ WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE TWO ACFT PASSED WITH APPROX 200' VERT AND ZERO HORZ SEPARATION. THE TWO FLT CREWS DID NOT SEE THE OTHER ACFT UNTIL THE NEAR COLLISION OCCURRED. THE INITIAL TRANSMISSION BY THE BRANIFF CAPTAIN FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT CLEARED THE FREQ AND ALL COMMS RETURNED TO NORMAL. BOTH ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FLT DATA RECORDER IN THE BRANIFF 727 INDICATED A SOLID 5 MINUTE EVENT MARKER OF MIC 'ON' THAT CORRELATED TO THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE BRANIFF CREW WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FREQUENCY PROBLEM. THERE WERE NO DISCREPANCIES REVEALED DURING BENCH TESTS PERFORMED ON THE EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN THE BRANIFF ACFT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Aircraft involved
| Aircraft | Registration | Operator | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 727-227 727-227 | N471BN | Braniff Airline, Inc. | - |
| Boeing 727-22 727-22 | N7014U | - | - |
Other Boeing 727 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jan 1986 | Boeing 727-225 | Loudon County, Virginia, United States | Eastern Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 1986 | Boeing 727-223 | Harlingen, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 1986 | Boeing 727-225 | New York, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jan 1986 | Boeing 727-232 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 16 Mar 1986 | Boeing 727 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 1986 | Boeing 727-225 | Miami, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 1986 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | Emert Mobile Homes | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Oct 1986 | Bell 206B III | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 1986 | Piper PA-14 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Thomas Day Oates | No injuries | - |
| 3 Dec 1986 | Bell 206L-1 | Jamestown, Tennessee, United States | Customaire, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 20 Oct 1986 | Cessna R172K | Rockwood, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Mar 1986 | Boeing 737-200 | Nasville, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |