# Incident 19780417010879I: Doug DC852, Jamaica, NY, April 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1978, 07:47 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: Jfk International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EIA
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800EV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N800EV-1994-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-52 (registry code 3021922, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC852
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780417010879I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT RETURNED FOR LANDING DUE TO JAMMED RUDDER TRIM.

## Other reports on N800EV (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790527028029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790527028029I), May 27, 1979: Doug DC852 (N800EV), Las Vegas, CA. Three passengers injured due to inflight turbulence.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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