- Date
- January 27, 1970
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 44 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4615Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0021 70/1/27 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2130 N4615 PX- 0 0 38 43, 8449 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1502 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JF KENNEDY OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY NORFOLK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- L WING HIT UNLIGHTED TRUCK PARKED AT ENTRANCE TO RAMP.NR 1 SLAT TORN AND DENTED.PLT SAW TRUCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4615
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jf Kennedy
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