Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fecha: | miércoles 15 noviembre 1961 |
Hora: | 17:10 |
Tipo: | Vickers 798D Viscount |
Operador: | Northeast Airlines |
Registración: | N6592C |
Numéro de série: | 234 |
Año de Construcción: | 1957 |
Horas Totales de la Célula: | 8328 |
Motores: | 4 Rolls-Royce Dart 510 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 8 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 37 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 45 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | Aterrizaje (LDG) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS), Estados Unidos de América |
Número de Vuelo: | 120 |
Descripción:Northeast Flight 120, a Vickers Viscount, arrived near Boston and was cleared to land on runway 04R. During the landing rollout a DC-6, National Airlines Flight 429, was attempting to takeoff from runway 09. Both aircraft collided.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board finds this ground collision accident occurred as the result of commencement of takeoff by National 429 without clearance. Contributing factors were the failure of tower personnel to provide adequate surveillance of the active runway and to issue an appropriate warning message to the pilot of National 429 alerting him to the impending traffic confliction."
Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | final report | Download report: | Final report
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from New York-La Guardia Airport, NY to Boston-Logan International Airport, MA as the crow flies is 295 km (184 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.