- Date
- December 18, 1970
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 133 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N740PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159502
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0067 70/12/18 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 13 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0957 N740PA PX- 0 0120 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 ARPT OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY LOS ANGELES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LOAD EVENER INDICATOR TUBE,L BODY GR STRUT,FAILED. STRUT IMPROPERLY SVCD. L BODY GR DIDNT EXTEND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N740PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl Arpt