- Date
- November 14, 1978
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 83 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8007UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0018 78/11/14 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1601 N8007U PX- 0 0 77 47, 6488 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 4751 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY DENVER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- PUSH BACK 10-15 FEET. ORIGIN-SMALL CORROSION PIT IN LOWER SWIVEL PIN LUG ON FORWARD BOGIE BEAM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8007U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl