- Date
- September 15, 1970
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 11 serious, 54 minor, 91 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- I-DIWZDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158765
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-0003 70/9/15 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1221 I-DIWZ PX- 0 11135 42, 13310 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1362 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - ALITALIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROME,ITALY JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- USED REVERSE THRUST IN FLT.ATC POSITIONED ACFT TOO HI AND TOO CLOSE TO RWY.NO GLIDE SLOPE ILS APCH
Aircraft
- Registration
- I-DIWZ
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jfk Intl