N683AV

Safety history

• February 1, 1991Accident

  SKW5569, N683AV, had been cleared to runway 24L, at intersection 45, to position and hold. The local controller, because of her preoccupation with another airplane, forgot she had placed SKW5569 on the runway and subsequently cleared US1493, N388US, for landing. After the collision, the two airplanes slid off the runway into an unoccupied fire station.

  Swearingen SA227 Metro III · 12 fatalities

  The failure of the los angeles air traffic facility management to implement procedures that provided redundancy comparable to the requirements contained in the national operational position standards and the failure of the faa air traffic service to provide adequate policy direction and oversight to its air traffic control facility managers. Full accident record