PB91-910409 NTSB/AAR-91/08 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WASHINGTON, D.C. 20594 AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT RUNWAY COLLISION OF USAIR FLIGHT 1493, BOEING 737 AND SKYWEST FLIGHT 5569 FAIRCHILD METROLINER LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 1, 1991The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency dedicated to promoting aviation, railroad, highway, marine, pipeline, and hazardous materials safety. Established in 1967, the agency is mandated oy Congress through the independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to investigate transportation accidents, determine tie probabie causes of the accidents, issue safety recommendations, study transportation safety issues, and evaluate the safety effectiveness of goverment agencies involved in transportation. The Safety Board makes public its actions and decisions through accident reports, safety studies, special investigation reports, safety recommendations, and statistical reviews. Information about available publications may be obtained by contacting: National Transportation Safety Board Public Inquiries Section, RE-S1 490 L'Enfant Plaza East, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20594 (202)382-6735 Safety Board publications may be purchased, by individual copy or by subscription, from: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, Virginia 22161 (703)487-4600NTSB/AAR-91/08 PB91-910409 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WASHINGTON, D.C. 20594 AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT RUNWAY COLLISION OF USAIR FLIGHT 1493, BOEING 737 AND SKYWEST FLIGHT 5569 FAIRCHILD METROLINER LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 1, 1991 Adopted: October 22, 1991 Notation 54614 Abstract: This report explains the collision of USAir flight 1493 anc Skywest flight 5569 on a runway at the Los Angeles Intemational Airport on February 1, 1891. The safety issues discussed in the report are air traffic management and equipment at the airport: aircraft ior lighting and canspieti tional awaranass during takeoff and landing and nS On airport surfaces controller workload, performance, and supervision; transport accident survivability, evacuation standards and procedures, intericr fumishing flammability standards, and survival devices. Recommendations conceming these issues were made to the Federal Aviation Administration.