ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323491
| Date: | Wednesday 14 June 2000 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) |
| Owner/operator: | Continental Air Lines |
| Registration: | N16884 |
| MSN: | 48074/1026 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 45834 hours |
| Cycles: | 36189 flights |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | OT |
| Location: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
| Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |
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.
Sources:
CNN
JACDEC
Tommy Maurer
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Houston-Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH); February 1993
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