# NTSB NYC62A0022: Boeing 707, N7506A, Jamaica, NY, March 1, 1962

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Case · Closed
- Date: March 1, 1962
- 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
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC62A0022
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC62A0022

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0001   62/3/1    JAMAICA,NY          BOEING 707          CR-  8  0  0  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1009                    N7506A              PX- 87  0  0                            56, 18300 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            1600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW YORK INTL
        OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JAMAICA,NY                  LOS ANGELES,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- RUDDER CTL SYS MALFUNCTION PRODUCED YAW,SIDESLIP AND ROLL,LED TO LOSS OF CTL.RECOV ACTION INEFFECT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7506A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7506A-1962-04-25), registration cancelled 1962-04-25, S/N 17633 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Registry model: [Boeing 707-123](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-123) (registry code 138360F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane

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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