- Date
- March 23, 1968
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 80 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8109NBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0008 68/3/23 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0912 N8109N PX- 0 0 74 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 - JF KENNEDY OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN REMARKS- LEFT GR STRUT OUTER CYL FRACTURED AT UPPER ATTACH CYL RADIUS. GR DID NOT COMPLETELY COLLAPSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8109N
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jf Kennedy