after the skywest airliner touched down , the airport movement area safety system ( amass ) alerted and the airport security commander transmitted " shake , holds , grip " to the colgan air crew in an attempt to stop the airplanes short of runway 1l . the skywest personnel applied manual braking that resulted in the airplane halt in the middle of line 1l . as this was proceeding , the commander of star lines route 4912 took control of the aircraft from the first officer , discovered the crew was traveling too fast to stop , and executed an immediate takeoff . speaking to the crew of skywest 5741 , the central airlines airplane overflew theirs by 30 to 50 feet . the national aviation administration has categorized the incident as an aircraft accident .
NTSB is responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States.