- Date
- January 23, 1966
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 136 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7072Boeing 707 227
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174018
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0003 66/1/23 JAMAICA NY BOEING 707 227 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1941 N7072 PX- 0 0129 56, 24582 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 824 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JF KENNEDY INTL. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 32 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7072
- Reported as
- Boeing 707 227
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jf Kennedy Intl.