- Date
- April 8, 1981
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 73 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8140NBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1981
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79486
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0026 81/4/8 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2003 N8140N PX- 0 0 67 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHN F KENNEDY OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISC-CP UN CLRLY OBS/INTERPRET GR PSN IND ALIGNMNT REMARKS- L GR INDCD UNSAFE W GR DWN,SI DEPOSIT,DWNLCK SW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8140N
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- John F Kennedy