40.7143° N, 74.0060° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 16, 1979 · 18:17 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
John F. Kennedy I
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAA
Aircraft
N882
Reported as
Boeing 707*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,697 total2,826 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.
Captain declared fuel emergency after holding delays, thereupon was cleared for prompt landing.
As the FAA filed it
CAPTAIN DECLARED FUEL EMERGENCY AFTER HOLDING DELAYS, THEREUPON WAS CLEARED FOR PROMPT LANDING.