40.7143° N, 74.0060° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 1, 1978 · 09:00 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
Jfk
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
BNF
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N421BN
Reported as
Boeing 727227
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
91
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.
#3 Engine compressor blew, with loss of all hydraulics. Debris damage to fuselage and tail section.
As the FAA filed it
#3 ENGINE COMPRESSOR BLEW, WITH LOSS OF ALL HYDRAULICS. DEBRIS DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE AND TAIL SECTION.