40.6399° N, 73.7787° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 6, 1990 · 08:30 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
John F Kennedy International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CAIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N161DD
Reported as
Stbros SD360
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total2,800 in this make and model100 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.
A sudden gust caught aircraft, weathervaned it into a bus. Bus was discharging passengers for boarding onto plane.
As the FAA filed it
A SUDDEN GUST CAUGHT AIRCRAFT, WEATHERVANED IT INTO A BUS.BUS WAS DISCHARGING PASSENGERS FOR BOARDING ONTO PLANE.