40.6399° N, 73.7787° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 30, 1987 · 19:15 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
John F Kennedy International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Aircraft
N805PA
Reported as
Airbus A310222
People aboard
147
Fatal injuries
0
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.
The proximity system electronic unit malfunctioned causing pitot heat, pressurization and auto throttle problems.
As the FAA filed it
THE PROXIMITY SYSTEM ELECTRONIC UNIT MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING PITOT HEAT, PRESSURIZATION AND AUTO THROTTLE PROBLEMS.