40.6399° N, 73.7787° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 31, 1979 · 22:30 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
John F Kennedy
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
NR188
Reported as
Boeing 747/
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 suffered apparent heart attack during final approach.
As the FAA filed it
PASSENGER SUFFERED APPARENT HEART ATTACK DURING FINAL APPROACH.