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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 707321 · Jamaica, NY · March 6, 1979

Date
March 6, 1979 · 17:10 local
Place
Jamaica, NY
Airport
John F Kennedy
Phase of flight
Holding IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAA
Aircraft
N897PA
Reported as
Boeing 707321
People aboard
5
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.

Faced with delays in eac time, unforecast deteriorating weather, and dwindlilng fuel, captain declared emergency.

As the FAA filed it

FACED WITH DELAYS IN EAC TIME, UNFORECAST DETERIORATING WEATHER, AND DWINDLILNG FUEL, CAPTAIN DECLARED EMERGENCY.