40.8070° N, 72.6451° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Westhampton Beach, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 15, 1986 · 10:52 local
Place
Westhampton Bea, NY
Airport
Suffolk County
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N361AU
Reported as
Boeing 7373B7
People aboard
66
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total1,300 in this make and model150 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.
Declared emergency and diverted after bomb threat by phone. Evacuated. No bomb found.
As the FAA filed it
DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED AFTER BOMB THREAT BY PHONE. EVACUATED. NO BOMB FOUND.