Project Summary: Highway Investigation - 60 Docket Items - HWY17MH005

Description: A motorcoach collided with the rear of a truck tractor combination vehicle at the end of a traffic queue. The crash resulted in thirteen (13) fatalities.

Mode: Highway

NTSB Number: HWY17MH005

Date of Accident: 10/23/2016

City: Palm Springs

State/Region: CA

Country: United States

Project Type: Investigation

Docket Information

Creation Date: 10/12/2017

Last Modified: 12/12/2017 8:09 AM

Public Release Date & Time: 12/12/2017 8:09 AM


Docket Table of Contents

Docket Items: 60
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Title
Pgs
Photo
Type
File
1 Preliminary Report 2 2 Adobe PDF file View
2 Crash Summary 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
3 Human Performance Factual Report 18 0 Adobe PDF file View
4 Human Performance Attachment 1 1996 MCI Driver California Driver License Record 8 0 Adobe PDF file View
5 Human Performance Attachment - 2 - MCI Driver Toxicology Report 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
6 Human Performance Attachment 3 - Motorcoach Driver's Son Interview 17 0 Adobe PDF file View
7 Human Performance Attachment 4 - MCI Driver's Cellphone Records 32 0 Adobe PDF file View
8 Human Performance Attachment 5 - 2015 International Driver Georgia Driver License Record 7 0 Adobe PDF file View
9 Human Performance Attachment - 6 - Truck Driver Toxicology Report 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
10 Human Performance Attachment 7 - 2015 International Driver Interview Transcript 132 0 Adobe PDF file View
11 Human Performance Attachment 8 – Witness Interview Transcript 26 0 Adobe PDF file View
12 Survival Factors Group Chairman's Factual Report 26 0 Adobe PDF file View
13 Survival Factors Attachment 1 - Motorcoach Specifications 8 0 Adobe PDF file View
14 Survival Factors Attachment 2 - CHP Witness Statements 40 0 Adobe PDF file View
15 Survival Factors Attachment 3 - First Responder Interviews 5 0 Adobe PDF file View
16 Survival Factors Attachment 4 - CHP Incident Report 20 0 Adobe PDF file View
17 Survival Factors Attachment 5 - PSFD Incident Report 7 0 Adobe PDF file View
18 Survival Factors Attachment 6 - Cathedral City PD Incident Report 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
19 Survival Factors Attachment 7 - Cal Fire Interagency Report 7 0 Adobe PDF file View
20 Survival Factors Attachment 8 - EMS Incident Detail Report 9 0 Adobe PDF file View
21 Survival Factors Attachment 9 - Cathedral City FD Incident Report 5 0 Adobe PDF file View
22 Survival Factors Photographs 1 through 21 16 21 Adobe PDF file View
23 Motor Carrier Group Chairman's Factual Report 19 0 Adobe PDF file View
24 Motor Carrier Factors Attachment #1 - MCS 150 USA Holiday 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
25 Motor Carrier Factors Attachment #2 - USA Holiday MCMIS Profile 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
26 Motor Carrier Factors Attachment #3 - CHP Crash report 7 0 Adobe PDF file View
27 Motor Carrier Factors Attachment #4 - MCS-150 Tri-State Collision 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
28 Motor Carrier Factors Attachment #5 - CSA Warning Letter 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
29 Motor Carrier Factors Attachment #6 - Tri-State Collision MCMIS Profile 10 0 Adobe PDF file View
30 Highway Factors Group Chairman's Factual Report 36 5 Adobe PDF file View
31 Highway Attachment – State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Encroachment Permit issued to Southern California Edison (SCE) Company dated October 7, 2016 17 0 Adobe PDF file View
32 Highway Attachment – Schematic of utility work performed by Southern California Edison (SCE) Company on October 23, 2016 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
33 Highway Attachment – Plan and profile of I-10 in the vicinity of the crash 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
34 Highway Attachment – Typical cross section of I-10 in the vicinity of the crash 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
35 Highway Attachment – Cross slope of travel lanes and shoulder of I-10 in the vicinity of the crash 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
36 Highway Attachment – Striping details of travel lanes of I-10 in the vicinity of the crash 2 0 Adobe PDF file View
37 Highway Attachment – Guidelines on Rolling Roadblocks for Work Zone Applications 29 0 Adobe PDF file View
38 Highway Attachment – Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) response to a list of questions submitted by NTSB investigators on November 4, 2016 9 0 Adobe PDF file View
39 Highway Attachment – Caltrans Transportation Management Plan Guidelines 60 0 Adobe PDF file View
40 Highway Attachment – Caltrans Implementation of Traffic Breaks Memorandum dated July 16, 2017 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
41 Highway Attachment – Caltrans General Provisions and Special Provisions for Permits with Rolling Traffic Breaks Memorandum dated September 1, 2017 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
42 Highway Photographs 9 15 Adobe PDF file View
43 Vehicle Factor Group Chairman's Factual Report 24 2 Adobe PDF file View
44 Vehicle Attachment - MCI Vehicle Records 30 0 Adobe PDF file View
45 Vehicle Attachment - MCI Steering Gear Examination Report from ZF-TRW Commercial Steering 16 0 Adobe PDF file View
46 Vehicle Attachment - NTSB MCI Brake Pedal and Linkage Inspection Report 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
47 Vehicle Attachment - International Vehicle Records 12 0 Adobe PDF file View
48 Vehicle Attachment - Utility Vehicle Records 6 0 Adobe PDF file View
49 Vehicle Factors Group Chairman's Vehicle Photographs 4 0 Adobe PDF file View
50 Electronic Devices Factual Report 14 15 Adobe PDF file View
51 Attachment 1 to Electronic Devices Factual Report 39 0 Adobe PDF file View
52 Attachment 2 to Electronic Devices Factual Report 0 0 Comma-delimited data file View
53 Attachment 3 to Electronic Devices Factual Report 0 0 Comma-delimited data file View
54 Medical Factual Report 8 0 Adobe PDF file View
55 Excerpt from the FMCSA Medical Examiner Handbook- Diabetes Guidance 3 0 Adobe PDF file View
56 Technical Reconstruction Group Factual Report-Palm Springs CA 53 0 Adobe PDF file View
57 Video Study Factual Report 5 3 Adobe PDF file View
58 Cover Letter for Party Technical Reviews 1 0 Adobe PDF file View
59 Select Pages from California Highway Patrol Crash Report 27 0 Adobe PDF file View
60 NTSB - Adopted Board Report HAR1704 71 0 Adobe PDF file View