- Date
- September 8, 1970
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 11 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4863TDouglas DC-8F
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79693
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0011 70/9/8 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8F CR- 11 0 0 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1606 N4863T PX- 0 0 0 49, 22300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 7100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - TRANS-INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY DULLES INT APT,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOSS OF PITCH CTL BY ENTRAPMENT OF POINTED ASPHALT COVERED OBJECT BETW R ELEV AND R HORIZ STAB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4863T
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jfk Intl
N4863TRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 1972 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63FAirframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63F
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.