# NTSB NYC71IN099: Boeing 707, Jamaica, NY, April 7, 1971

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 7, 1971
- Place: Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 109 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 24, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161300
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC71IN099
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC71IN099

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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C-0002   71/4/7    JAMAICA,NY          BOEING 707          CR-  0  0 10  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 2128                    VT-DPM              PX-  0  0 99                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        OPERATOR - AIR INDIA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JAMAICA,NY                  LONDON,ENGLAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM
        REMARKS- SHAFT,PN69-50237-1,IN RUDDER POWER GEAR BOX SHEARED.AIR INDIA REPORTED LUBRICANT WAS DRY AND HARD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-DPM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: J.F.Kennedy

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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