- Date
- November 17, 1977
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N616USBoeing 747F
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145548
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 77/11/17 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 747F CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0256 N616US PX- 0 0 0 49, 19222 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 790 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JF KENNEDY INTL OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SEATTLE,WA JAMAICA,NY CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER POWERPLANT - THRUST REVERSER: OTHER AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 55 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RWY NOT GROOVED AS PUBLISHED,HEAVILY RUBBER COATED.#1 REVERSER,AUTOBRAKE INOP.ATIS ABT 4HRS OLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N616US
- Reported as
- Boeing 747F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jf Kennedy Intl
N616USRegistration cancelled Mar 17, 2014 · Boeing 747-251FAirframe modelBoeing 747-251FEngine modelPratt & Whitney JT9D-3A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.