Hull-loss description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | - (No safety board investigation) |
| Date: | 14 JUN 2000 |
| Time: | ca 17:00 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 |
| Operator: | Continental Air Lines |
| Registration: | N16884 |
| C/n / msn: | 48074/1026 |
| First flight: | 1981-08-25 (18 years 10 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 45834 |
| Cycles: | 36189 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR), United States of America |
| Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 481 |
During an engine test run at gate C115, the empty aircraft ran forward and collided with terminal C. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was prepared for the 1st flight of the day and 6 cleaners were aboard the plane.
Events:
Sources:
» CNN
» JACDEC
» Tommy Maurer
Photos
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 Newark International Airport, NJ to Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI as the crow flies is 778 km (486 miles).
Distance from Newark International Airport, NJ to Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI as the crow flies is 778 km (486 miles).
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.
