Bombardier CRJ-900LR, N902XJ, and Bombardier CRJ-900LR, N480PX, both owned by Delta Connection and being operated by Endeavor Air, accident occurred on October 1, 2025, at New York-La Guardia Airport (LGA/KLGA), New York, New York

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N902XJ

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N480PX

- History of Flight:
On October 1, 2025, at about 2156 local time, Delta Airlines flight DL5047, a Bombardier CRJ-900LR, N480PX, and Delta Airlines flight DL5155, a Bombardier CRJ-900LR, N902XJ, were both substantially damaged following a ground collision at New York-La Guardia Airport (LGA/KLGA), New York, New York. At least one passenger sustained injuries. Both airplanes were operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as regularly scheduled domestic passenger flights. DL5047 was coming in from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT/KCLT), Charlotte, North Carolina, and DL5155 was taxiing for departure, destined to Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA/KROA), Roanoke, Virginia.

The FAA reported that; "N480PX: aircraft was struck by EDV5155 near taxiway A and taxiway M damaging the nose cone and windshield, New York, NY.

N902XJ: aircraft struck EDV5047 near taxiway A and taxiway M damaging the right wing, New York, NY."

Preliminary ADS-B data shows that, at 2153 LT, DL5047 landed on runway 4 and proceeded to taxiway G and then taxiway B. At 2153, DL5155 proceeded from the parking spot towards taxiway A. At about 2155, DL5155 was on the taxiway, and at the same, DL5047 was on taxiway B. At 2156:26, DL5047 began entering taxiway M with a reported groundspeed of 9 knots. At the same time, DL5155 was roughly 350 ft from the intersection. At 2156:36, DL5047 was on the intersection with a reported groundspeed of 8 knots, and so was DL5155, with a reported groundspeed of 21 knots. It appears the collision occurred within the 2156:39 - 2156:41 timeframe, because DL5047 came to a stop and DL5155 began slowing down and veered a little bit to the left. DL5047 was moved from the accident spot by 2214 LT. DL5155 was moved by 2358 LT.

Figure one shows a drawn out path for both flights (red is DL5047, blue is DL5155) on the airport diagram. Figure 2 shows a side by side comparison of both airplanes as seen on ADS-B exchange, and figure 3 shows the same track on Google Earth. The reported weather at KLGA, at 2151 (about 5 minutes before the accident) included: winds 020° at 10 knots, 10 statute miles visibility, no clouds under 12,000 ft (CLR), a temperature of 17° C, a dew point of 2° C, and a barometric altimeter setting of 30.27 inches of mercury.

- Weather:
METAR KLGA 020051Z 03010KT 10SM CLR 18/02 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP245 T01830022

METAR KLGA 020151Z 02010KT 10SM CLR 17/02 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP251 T01720017 <<<
METAR KLGA 020251Z 02005KT 10SM CLR 16/02 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP257 T01610017 51023

Figure 1: Airport Diagram with paths drawn (by me)

Figure 2: ADS-B exchange final seconds side-by-side

Figure 3: ADS-B exchange data ran through Google Earth