# NTSB NYC72IN131: Boeing 747, N93115, Jamaica, NY, April 18, 1972

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 18, 1972
- 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: 182 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165952
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72IN131
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72IN131

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0006  72/4/18    JAMAICA,NY          BOEING 747          CR-  0  0 18  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2005                    N93115              PX-  0  0164                            51, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            1228 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JAMAICA,NY                  MADRID,SPAIN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
                                  UNUSUAL NOISE
        REMARKS- L BODY GR INDICATOR TUBE FAILED,GR JAMMED UP PSN.LNDD WITH L BODY GR UP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N93115 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage

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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