- Date
- June 23, 1973
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 8 serious, 120 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8960TDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-0003 73/6/23 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 2 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 0258 N8960T PX- 0 6113 48, 18000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1638 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL ARPT OPERATOR - OTHER-FOREIGN FLAG CARRIER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN JAMAICA,NY REYKJAVIK,ICELAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT-INADVRTNLY DPLYD GND SPOILERS WHILE ARMING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ARMED JUST BFR TOUCHDOWN.LOFTLEIDER AIRLINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8960T
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl Arpt