40.6915° N, 73.8057° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 15, 1978 · 16:30 local
Place
Jamaica, NY
Airport
Jfk International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8007U
Reported as
Doug DC851
People aboard
80
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.
Left gear bogie broke while being pushed back from gate. Aircraft settled on ft portion of front bogie.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT GEAR BOGIE BROKE WHILE BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE. AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON FT PORTION OF FRONT BOGIE.