- Date
- August 29, 1979
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9673Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790829033369I
- Case key
- 133857
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0015 79/8/29 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0249 N9673 PX- 0 0 0 59, 24000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 4480 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY LOS ANGELES,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: RUN FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - DISPATCHING (AIR CARRIER ONLY): DISPATCHED FLIGHT OVERWEIGHT/IMPROPER CENTER OF GRAVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- L GR TIRES FAILED DRG ROLL,ALL OTHER TIRES FAILED DRG ABORT.APRX 5015LBS OVR MAX BRAKE RELEASE WGT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9673
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.