- Date
- August 2, 1967
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 132 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8608Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0036 67/8/2 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0830 N8608 PX- 0 0122 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - J.F.KENNEDY INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF REMARKS- DURING TURN FROM STARTER GATE,RT BOGIE BEAM FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8608
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- J.F.Kennedy Intl
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