# Incident 19790306020109I: Boeing 707321, Jamaica, NY, March 6, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1979, 17:10 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy
- Phase of flight: Holding IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N897PA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707321
- People aboard: 5
- 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/19790306020109I

## Narrative

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

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

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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