- Date
- July 29, 1969
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N725ALBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173614
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0044 69/7/29 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0317 N725AL PX- 0 0 0 48, 13470 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 558 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - AIRLIFT INTERNATIONAL,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM RWY TOO SHORT FOR ACFT. SIGNS DIDNT PROPERLY IDENTIFY RWY. RWY MARKINGS CORRECT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N725AL
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl