- Date
- August 21, 1977
- Place
- New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Injuries
- 96 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N956VJDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0012 77/8/21 NEW YORK,NY DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1845 N956VJ PX- 0 0 92 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - U.S. AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY BUFFALO,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN REMARKS- TAXIING FM PAN AM RAMP GATE-1 ACFT R WG STRUCK A PARKED TUG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N956VJ
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl
N956VJRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series
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