# NTSB NYC72IN039: Douglas DC-8, N804U, Jamaica, NY, September 12, 1971

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 12, 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: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 252 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 21, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164572
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72IN039
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72IN039

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Jfk Intl

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.