# NTSB NYC78FA008: Boeing 747F, N616US, Jamaica, NY, November 17, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 17, 1977
- 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: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 12, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 145548
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC78FA008
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA008

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N616US-2014-03-17), registration cancelled 2014-03-17, S/N 21120, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747F
- Registry model: [Boeing 747-251F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-251f) (registry code 1384898) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (registry code 52050, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Jf Kennedy Intl

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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