- Date
- August 19, 1972
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 21 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1987Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168743
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0033 72/8/19 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0205 N1987 PX- 0 0 15 42, 10250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOS ANGELES,CALIF NEWARK,NJ BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- FATIGUE,NOSE GR REL MECHANISM TORSION SHAFT S/N65-18949-1.DIVERTED TO JFK,LNDD NOSE GR UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1987
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl
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