- Date
- June 4, 1970
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 257 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N93108Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121533
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0026 70/6/4 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 19 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1608 N93108 PX- 0 0238 59, 27483 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 145 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT PILOT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF STEERING CONTROL AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING REMARKS- NOSE GR COCKED R ON TKOF.ABORTED,WENT OFF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93108
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl
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