40.7143° N, 74.0060° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 31, 1978 · 06:15 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
Kennedy International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Aircraft
NR106
Reported as
Boeing 707/
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.
Passenger attempted to open a cabin door in flight. Flight returned. Passenger displaying psychotic behavior.
As the FAA filed it
PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO OPEN A CABIN DOOR IN FLIGHT. FLIGHT RETURNED. PASSENGER DISPLAYING PSYCHOTIC BEHAVIOR.