- Date
- December 12, 1967
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 85 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8606Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0034 67/12/12 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 2015 N8606 PX- 0 0 78 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFKENNEDY INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF REMARKS- LEFT BOGIE BEAM BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8606
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfkennedy Intl
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