- Date
- August 12, 1973
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 36 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4742Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188775
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0016 73/8/12 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2222 N4742 PX- 0 0 30 54, 23180 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 5930 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MIAMI,FLA JAMAICA,NY PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR REMARKS- CREW DISTRACTED WITH AUTO-THROTTLE LT MALFUNCTION,DIDNT LOWER GR. MADE SUCCESSFUL GO ARND & LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4742
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl
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Other investigations on N4742 · 1
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