Errors by air traffic controllers and a jet pilot led to three planes nearly coming into each other's flight paths over Teterboro Airport last fall. That's the conclusion of a report by the National Transportation Safety Board. A corporate jet took off from the northern New Jersey airport last Oct. 20, but turned back due to a faulty fuel indicator light. The report released last week found that air traffic controllers at Teterboro and at a regional control center in New York gave contradictory or incorrect instructions to the jet and two approaching Cessnas that nearly put the planes on a collision course. The report faulted the jet's pilot for overshooting the runway on its return.
14 CFR operation of Unknown
Incident occurred Wednesday, October 20, 2010 in Teterboro, NJ
Probable Cause Approval Date: 10/03/2011
Aircraft: DASSAULT FALCON900EX, registration: PHILC
Injuries: 5 Uninjured.
Seeing the developing conflict between the C680 and the C550, approach control directed the C550 to climb to 3000 feet and asked the local controller what heading the C680 was on. When asked, the C680 reported that his heading was “forty degrees continuing a turn to the left.” The local controller advised the front line manager that the C680 was heading 040 degrees, which was relayed to the approach controller, who then directed the local controller to have the C680 climb to 3000 feet. The tower controller then relayed the instruction and, thinking the C680 was on a steady heading, directed the C680 to commence an immediate right turn to de-conflict from the C550. The crew of the C680 advised they were in a hard left turn with traffic to their right and did not comply with the instruction. The C680 and C550 came within 200 feet vertical and 0.44 miles lateral of each other.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this incident as follows:
The pilot of the F900 overshooting of the final approach course, which conflicted with traffic in the pattern. Contributing to the accident was the lack of appropriate coordination between the tower controller and the approach controller.
14 CFR operation of Unknown
Incident occurred Wednesday, October 20, 2010 in Teterboro, NJ
Probable Cause Approval Date: 10/03/2011
Aircraft: CESSNA 680, registration: N604CS
Injuries: 5 Uninjured.
Seeing the developing conflict between the C680 and the C550, approach control directed the C550 to climb to 3000 feet and asked the local controller what heading the C680 was on. When asked, the C680 reported that his heading was “forty degrees continuing a turn to the left.” The local controller advised the front line manager that the C680 was heading 040 degrees, which was relayed to the approach controller, who then directed the local controller to have the C680 climb to 3000 feet. The tower controller then relayed the instruction and, thinking the C680 was on a steady heading, directed the C680 to commence an immediate right turn to de-conflict from the C550. The crew of the C680 advised they were in a hard left turn with traffic to their right and did not comply with the instruction. The C680 and C550 came within 200 feet vertical and 0.44 miles lateral of each other.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this incident as follows:
The pilot of the F900 overshooting of the final approach course, which conflicted with traffic in the pattern. Contributing to the accident was the lack of appropriate coordination between the tower controller and the approach controller.
14 CFR operation of Unknown
Incident occurred Wednesday, October 20, 2010 in Teterboro, NJ
Probable Cause Approval Date: 10/03/2011
Aircraft: CESSNA S550, registration: N406CT
Injuries: 5 Uninjured.
Seeing the developing conflict between the C680 and the C550, approach control directed the C550 to climb to 3000 feet and asked the local controller what heading the C680 was on. When asked, the C680 reported that his heading was “forty degrees continuing a turn to the left.” The local controller advised the front line manager that the C680 was heading 040 degrees, which was relayed to the approach controller, who then directed the local controller to have the C680 climb to 3000 feet. The tower controller then relayed the instruction and, thinking the C680 was on a steady heading, directed the C680 to commence an immediate right turn to de-conflict from the C550. The crew of the C680 advised they were in a hard left turn with traffic to their right and did not comply with the instruction. The C680 and C550 came within 200 feet vertical and 0.44 miles lateral of each other.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this incident as follows:
The pilot of the F900 overshooting of the final approach course, which conflicted with traffic in the pattern. Contributing to the accident was the lack of appropriate coordination between the tower controller and the approach controller.
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