- Date
- November 8, 1971
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 215 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N735PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164573
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0050 71/11/8 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 13 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2345 N735PA PX- 0 0202 UNK/NR, 37980 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 531 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMBUSTION ASSEMBLY: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- #1 ENG DIFFUSER CASE RUPTURED NEAR #5 BORESCOPE BOSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl