# NTSB NYC65I0142: Boeing B-727, N461US, Kennedy Intl, NY, May 29, 1965

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 29, 1965
- Place: Kennedy Intl, NY · KENNEDY INTL, NY
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 54 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177102
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC65I0142
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC65I0142

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0016  65/5/29    KENNEDY INTL NY     BOEING B-727        CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1926                    N461US              PX-  0  0 47                            48, 19985 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            203 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KENNEDY INTL NY
        OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N461US](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N461US-2017-07-14), registration cancelled 2017-07-14, S/N 18797, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-727
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-51](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-51) (registry code 1384014) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Kennedy Intl Ny

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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