# NTSB NYC70IN079: Boeing 727, N4615, Jamaica, NY, January 27, 1970

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 27, 1970
- Place: Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 44 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 138368
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC70IN079
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70IN079

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4615-1985-02-08), registration cancelled 1985-02-08, S/N 18816 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-35](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-35) (registry code 1384012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Jf Kennedy

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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