# NTSB DCA81AA013: Boeing 727, N8140N, Jamaica, NY, April 8, 1981

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 8, 1981
- Place: Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 73 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 1, 1981
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79486
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA81AA013
- Board report AAR8114 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8114.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA81AA013

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: John F Kennedy

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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