- Date
- September 12, 1971
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 252 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N804UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164572
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0049 71/9/12 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0105 N804U PX- 0 0242 UNK/NR, 14550 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1775 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - UNIVERSAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FRANFURT,GERMANY JAMAICA,NY BANGOR,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ERRONEOUSLY REPORTED AS OVERSHOOT ACCDT. NR 1 ENG FIRE WARNING LT ACTIVATED FOR UNDET REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N804U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl