- Date
- May 16, 1974
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 232 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8960Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170155
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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-0005 74/5/16 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 2045 N8960 PX- 0 0224 36, 7992 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1245 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTERNATIONAL OPERATOR - OTHER-FOREIGN FLAG CARRIER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY KEFLAVIK,ICELAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: *ERROR-INVALID CODE* REMARKS- GND CREWMAN ON TOW BAR FELL UNDER NOSEWHEEL DRG PUSHBACK. ICELANDIC AIRLINES,INC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8960
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Jfk International