- Date
- July 13, 1980
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 165 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N910CLDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800713060599I
- Case key
- 129359
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0009 80/7/13 JAMAICA,NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2250 N910CL PX- 0 0158 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - KENNEDY INTL OPERATOR - CAPITOL AIRWAYS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY FRANKFURT,GERMANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT FACTOR(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES REMARKS- FLAMES OBSD FM NO 4 ENG DRG START.F/A ORDER EVAC.CAPT SAW PAX ON GND,SHTDN ENGS.3 MINOR INJURIES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N910CL
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Kennedy Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.