- Date
- August 7, 1970
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N864FDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108086
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0064 70/8/7 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 1 OTHER UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TIME - 1727 N864F PX- 0 0 0 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - OVERSEAS NATIONAL AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY TORONTO,CAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION REMARKS- WATER IN AIRSTART CHAMBER OF L MLG CYL CAUSED CORROSION.CYL EXPLODED DURING MAINT AND REFUELING OP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N864F
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl