40.6915° N, 73.8057° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 3, 1978 · 09:40 local
Place
Jamaica, NY
Airport
Jfk International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Aircraft
N335EA
Reported as
Lkheed 1011/
People aboard
106
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Ice from one aircraft blew off and broke windshield of aircraft waiting behind.
As the FAA filed it
ICE FROM ONE AIRCRAFT BLEW OFF AND BROKE WINDSHIELD OF AIRCRAFT WAITING BEHIND.