# Incident 19801022083559I: Boeing 72751, Jamaica, NY, October 22, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1980, 15:25 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: Jfk International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAAA
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5609, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5609-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-51 (registry code 1384014, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72751
- People aboard: 45
- 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/19801022083559I

## Narrative

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

WING TIP STRUCK ILLEGALLY PARKED CATERING VEHICLE.

## Other reports on N5609 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870710046279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870710046279I), Jul 10, 1987: Boeing 72751 (N5609), Nassau, Bahamas, Minor damage. The aircraft safely returned to the airport after losing the left wing trailing edge fairing during the climb.

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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