- Date
- February 22, 1969
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N786FTDouglas DC-8F
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185750
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0003 69/2/22 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8F CR- 0 0 4 NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO INTL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 2010 N786FT PX- 0 0 0 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 - JFK INTL OPERATOR - FLYING TIGER LINE,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: ABORTED REMARKS- FORWARD LEFT MAIN TIRES BLEW OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N786FT
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl