40.6915° N, 73.8057° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 21, 1978 · 16:05 local
Place
Jamaica, NY
Airport
Jfk International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N173A
Reported as
Rkwell NA26560
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total3,000 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.
While taxiing on icy taxiway aircraft skidded putting sideload on gear which caused collapse.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE TAXIING ON ICY TAXIWAY AIRCRAFT SKIDDED PUTTING SIDELOAD ON GEAR WHICH CAUSED COLLAPSE.