- Date
- August 22, 1970
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 147 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N366USBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108030
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0039 70/8/22 NR.JAMAICA,NY BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1500 N366US PX- 0 0140 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION REMARKS- PLT BECAME ILL. CO-PLT TOOK OVER CTLS,LND OK. CAUSE OF PLTS ILLNESS NOT REPORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N366US
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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