# NTSB DCA88IA060: Boeing 747-200, Jamaica, NY, June 1, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: June 1, 1988, 16:31 local (20:31 UTC)
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Coordinates: 40.650482, -73.789764 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6505&lon=-73.7898&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 157 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 25, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15890
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA88IA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15890/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88IA060

## Probable cause

NONE SUBMITTED

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, copilot/second pilot (cause)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - thunderstorm,outflow (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - aborted
  - object - approach light/navaid

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT ILS FINAL APPROACH, WITH THE FIRST OFFICER AT THE CONTROLS, WHEN IT ENTERED A RAIN SHOWER. ALL FORWARD VISIBILITY WAS LOST, ACCORDING TO THE PILOTS. THE CAPTAIN THEN TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND PERFORMED A GO AROUND MANEUVER. PRIOR TO THE GO-AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND ONE MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUCK STRUCK AN APPROACH LIGHTING JUCNTION BOX. AT LEAST ONE MAIN GEAR TIRE WAS BLOWN AT THAT TIME. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND THE CREW WAS UNAWARE THAT THEY HAD TOUCHED DOWN SHORT AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE OVERRUN. SEVERAL COMPONENTS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE DAMAGED BY TIRE FRAGMENTS. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME INCLUDED GUSTY WINDS AND A SLIGHT WIND SHEAR. THE AIRCREW HAD EXPERIENCED FORMAL WIND SHEAR TRAINING. THE CAPTAIN HAD ACCRUED ABOUT 4,500 HOURS IN THE B-747 AND THE FIRST OFFICER HAD ACCRUED ABOUT 50 HOURS IN THE B-747.

## Aircraft

- Registration: SXOAB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-200
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: P&W JT-90 40000 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Registered owner: Olympic Airways
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ATH, ATHENS, OF
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: JFK, J. F. Kennedy Int'L, runway 31R, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; foreign, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 22,500 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 180 as pilot in command, 180 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 19 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: JFK, 1 nm away

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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