# NTSB DCA84AA018: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30, Jamaica, NY, February 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: February 28, 1984, 16:16 local (21:16 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: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 11 minor, 165 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15806
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA84AA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15806/pdf
- Board report AAR8415 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8415.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA84AA018

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - disregarded (cause)
  - autopilot/flight director,auto throttle - erratic (contributing factor)
  - throttle/power control - not corrected, copilot/second pilot (cause)
  - overconfidence in aircraft's ability, copilot/second pilot (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vref) - exceeded
  - supervision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - improper use of procedure, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - approach light/navaid (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-10-30
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 46871219
- Engines: GE CF6-50-C 39300 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.

- Pilot; age 54; 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

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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