- Date
- February 28, 1984, 16:16 local (21:16 UTC)
- Place
- Jamaica, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 11 minor, 165 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- LNRKBMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 15806
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During an ILS apch to rwy 4R with a tailwind, the acft (scandinavian flt 901) was being flown by the coplt. The acft was fast on final apch & was landed aprx 4700 ft beyond the apch end of the rwy at 36 KTS above the programmed touchdown speed. The aircrew members were unable to stop on the remaining 3700 ft of rwy. The capt steered the acft to the rgt of the rwy centerline to avoid a head-on collision with the apch lgt pier at the dept end. The left wing hit the pier & the acft came to rest in a tidal waterway. The occupants were evacuated with only minor injuries to some, but 1 pax with a cardiac condition was hospitalized for over 48 hrs. A small fire was confined to some electric wiring & self extinguished almost immediately. An investigation revealed that the autothrottle had malfunctioned during the occurrence. There was evidence that thrust had increased on final apch when it was not needed. Also. The crew did not use the airspeed 'bugs' & callouts during the apch. The autothrottle had a history of malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- LNRKB
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46871219
- Engine
- GE CF6-50-C, 39,300 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Scandinavian Airlines
- Registered owner
- Det Norske Luftfartssleskab
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- Oslo, Norway, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JFK · John F Kennedy Intl, runway 4R, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JFK