- Date
- October 9, 1969
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 10 minor, 68 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8022UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0045 69/10/9 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1854 N8022U PX- 0 0 70 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NEV JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING REMARKS- NR 3 ENG REPTD ON FIRE. PLT SHUT ENG DOWN,ACFT WAS EVACUATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8022U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl
N8022URegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Douglas DC-8-21Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-21Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT4A-3&5SER
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