# NTSB DCA84AA014: Fokker F27-100, N148PM, Jamaica, NY, January 13, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: January 13, 1984, 14:42 local (19:42 UTC)
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 14 minor, 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15803
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA84AA014
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15803/pdf
- Board report AAR8412 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8412.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA84AA014

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - nacelle/pylon - ice (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - miscellaneous - ice (cause)
  - anti-ice/deice system - improper use of (cause)
  - aircraft performance,two or more engines - inoperative
- Forced landing, landing
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - attempted
  - wheels up landing

## Analysis

DURING THE PREVIOUS FLT, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED LIGHT ICING CONDITIONS WHILE CRUSING AT 4000 FT. THE CAPT STATED THAT THE ICE DISAPPEARED FROM THE ACFT'S STRUCTURE IN THE COURSE OF ITS DESCENT AT 3000 FT & HE DID NOT USE WING DE-ICING OR THE ENG COWLING DE-ICE/ANTI-ICE SYS. THE ACFT ARRIVED AT JFK INTL ARPT AT 1346 EST. DURING A PREFLT FOR THE NEXT FLT, THE CAPT NOTED WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS A WHITE LINE OF ICE ON THE LEADING EDGES OF BOTH WINGS, APRX 1-1/2' WIDE & LESS THAN 1/16' THICK. HE DID NOT GET A LADDER TO CHECK THE ENG INLETS. FOR TAKEOFF AT 1442, THE ENG DE-ICE/ANTI-ICE SYS WAS TURNED ON; HOWEVER,IT WOULD NOT HAVE ACTIVATED UNTIL THE WT WAS OFF THE GEAR. DURING GEAR RETRACTION, THE L ENG LOST PWRWHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A R ENG PWR LOSS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON THE RWY WITH THE GEAR IN TRANSIT TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE ACFT THEN SLID OFF THE RWY & INTO SNOW. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT BOTH ENGS HAD LOST PWR DUE TO INJESTION OF ICE THAT HAD ACCUMULATED DURING THE PREVIOUS FLT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N148PM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N148PM-2013-07-30), registration cancelled 2013-07-30, S/N 10.108, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F27-100
- Registry model: [Fokker F.27MK 100](https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-27mk-100) (registry code 4990617) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 10108
- Airframe hours: 42040
- Engines: Rolls-Royce DART 514-7 1620 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: Pilgrim Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, January 7, 1984, 44 hours before
- Destination: WYOE, OTTANA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: KJFK, Kennedy, runway 4L, 11,351 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 7,011 total, 799 in this make and model, 6,050 as pilot in command, 250 in the last 90 days, 80 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,900 ft overcast
- Temperature: 27 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: KJFK

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840113000789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840113000789A), Jan 13, 1984: Fokker F27MK100, Jamaica, NY, Substantial damage. Lost both engines on takeoff due to ice ingestion. Crew ignored airframe prior icing. Failed to check engine inlets

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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