AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT: NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., FLIGHTS 1482 AND 299, RUNWAY INCURSION AND COLLISION, DETROIT METROPOLITAN/WAYNE COUNTY AIRPORT, ROMULUS, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 3, 1990

This report explains the runway collision of two Northwest Airlines aircraft on a runway at the Detroit Metropolitan/Wayne County Airport, Romulus, Michigan, on December 3, 1990. The safety issues discussed in the report are airport marking and lighting, cockpit resource management, air traffic control procedures in low-visibility conditions, flight attendant procedures during evacuations; and design of the DC-9 tailcone emergency release system. Safety recommendations concerning these issues were made to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Detroit Metropolitan/Wayne County Airport, and Northwest Airlines, Inc..

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1991-6-25

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 179 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Air transportation; Airport runways; Cockpit resource management; Crashes; Disasters and emergency operations; Evacuation; Flight attendants; Lighting; Recommendations; Visibility
• Identifier Terms: McDonnell Douglas aircraft
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency procedures
• Old TRIS Terms: Emergency release system, dc-9 tailcone; Marking
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00618727
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB/AAR-91/05, Notation 5416B
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1992 12:00AM