# NTSB NYC74IN024: Boeing 747, Jamaica, NY, September 17, 1973

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 17, 1973
- 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: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 180 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 2, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187697
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC74IN024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74IN024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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C-0001  73/9/17    JAMAICA,NY          BOEING 747          CR-  0  0 16  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1940                    CS-TJB              PX-  0  0164                            57, 20000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            600 IN TYPE, UNK/NR
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHN F KENNEDY
        OPERATOR - OTHER-FOREIGN FLAG CARRIER
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JAMAICA,NY                  LISBON,PORTUGAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION
        FACTOR(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED RAMP/TAXIWAY
        REMARKS- JUMBO JET MADE WIDE TURN.TAXIED ACROSS UNLITED AREA.STRUCK WINDSOCK.PORTUGUESE AIRWAYS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CS-TJB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: John F Kennedy

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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