- Date
- July 15, 1969
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 6 serious, 5 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N558MADehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79652
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0020 69/7/15 JAMAICA,NY DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 2 1 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0657 N558MA PX- 1 5 5 53, 12110 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 180 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - NEW YORK AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE REMARKS- PLT 12 MIN BEHIND SCHEDULE,MADE INTERSECTION T/O.TWR WARNED OF WAKE TURB FROM RECENTLY DEPART JET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N558MA
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jfk Intl
N558MARegistration cancelled Jul 7, 1970 · Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTERAirframe modelDehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.