- Date
- September 19, 1970
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 324 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N93107Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0032 70/9/19 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 18 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1900 N93107 PX- 0 0306 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY LONDON,ENGLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- NR 1 ENG TORCHED. CAUSED FIRE DMG IN AREA OF NR 1 TAIL PIPE. PAX AND CREW EVAC NORMALLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93107
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl
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