Boeing 747-400 D-ABVY
31 October 2006 · Newark, New Jersey, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 31 October 2006 at about 23:30 local time, a Boeing 747-400 registered D-ABVY was involved in an accident near Newark, New Jersey, United States. 312 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Newark, New Jersey, United States
- Nearest airport
- Newark Liberty Intl (KEWR)
- Coordinates
- 40.6925, -74.1686
- Aircraft
- Boeing 747-400
- Registration
- D-ABVY
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 129: Foreign
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Newark → Frankfurt
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- NYC07LA017
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 312 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 312 |
Probable cause
The failure of the Boeing 747 crew to maintain an adequate visual lookout. Contributing to the accident were the night lighting conditions, the back lighting from the apron lights, and the crew's diverted attention in focusing on a Boeing 757 that they were instructed to follow.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During a night taxi, the leading edge left wingtip of a Boeing 747 (B747) impacted the trailing edge right wingtip of a Boeing 757 (B757) in tow, but stopped, near the intersection of diverging taxiways. The B747 crew was not aware of the B757 in tow. The captain indicated that the accident occurred in an area where the B757 in tow was backlit by apron lights, and that the crew's attention was diverted to another B757 ahead that they had been instructed to follow. The B757 in tow, which had been taxiing ahead of the B747 prior to reaching the diverging taxiways, had received its taxi instructions prior to the B747 crew being on the frequency. Some taxiways were mislabeled on a Federal Aviation Administration airport diagram; however, the mislabeling did not affect the outcome of the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 747 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Feb 2006 | Boeing 747 | Istanbul, Turkey | Cargolux | Unknown | - |
| 23 Apr 2006 | Boeing 747-400 | Denver, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jul 2006 | Boeing 747-200F | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Atlas Air Inc | No injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 2006 | Boeing 747-436 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Dec 2006 | Boeing 747-228F | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Dec 2006 | Boeing 747-4Q8 | London, United Kingdom | Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd | Unknown | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2006 | Dassault FALCON 900EX | Teterboro, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jul 2006 | Grumman G-164A | Vineland, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 4 Mar 2006 | Pzl-Swidnik PW-5 | Hardwick, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Mar 2006 | Cessna 172S | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | Ken Nierenberg | No injuries | - |
| 28 Oct 2006 | Boeing 757-224 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | Continental Airlines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 2006 | Piper PA-34-200T | Old Bridge, New Jersey, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |