Boeing 757-212 N750AT

Summary

On 10 January 2007 at about 21:30 local time, a Boeing 757-212 registered N750AT, operated by Delta Airlines Inc DFW Base Maintenance, was involved in an incident near Atlanta, Georgia, United States. 173 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 January 2007 at 21:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

The William B Hartsfield Atlan (ATL)

Coordinates

33.7505, -84.3891

Aircraft

Boeing 757-212

Registration

N750AT

Category

Airplane

Operator

Delta Airlines Inc DFW Base Maintenance

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlanta → West Palm Beach

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

OPS07IA002

Nobody was injured.

This incident was caused by the local controller's issuance of an improper takeoff clearance to DAL1606. Contributing was the failure of the oncoming and outgoing local controllers to provide and receive a complete position relief briefing; and the oncoming controller's failure to use all available information sources to facilitate situational awareness.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

Incident occurred on January 10, 2007 at about 1630 EST involving Delta Airlines (DAL) flight 1606, a Boeing 757-212, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Controllers were in the process of changing the runway configuration from landing and departing from the west to landing and departing to the east. The tower local controller instructed DAL1606, "cleared for take off runway 9L, fly heading 110 at the marker". Controller then saw an aircraft on landing roll on runway 27L and noticed there were still other aircraft inbound for runway 27L and instructed DAL1606 to abort the takeoff. Captain aborted at 140 knots, and exited the runway. He asked the ground controller to watch the airplane as it taxied back to the ramp because the brake temperature was up and he was concerned about fire; at that time there was no smoke. As the plane was taxiing to the gate, the controller noticed smoke coming from the right main gear and called for crash, fire, and rescue services. Three tires were deflated but there was no fire. There were no injuries to the 6 crew or 167 passengers.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.