# NTSB NYC81FA035: Boeing 727, N3606, Jamaica, NY, February 12, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: February 12, 1981
- 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: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 86 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 20, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127683
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC81FA035
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA035

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0006  81/2/12    JAMAICA,NY          BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  6  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1432                    N3606               PX-  0  1 80                            UNK/NR, 10532 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 4151 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JF KENNEDY INTL
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRLINES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          SAVANNAH,GA                 JAMAICA,NY                   WASHINGTON,DC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        REMARKS- GND CREW RETRACTED JETWAY,PAX FELL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3606 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No 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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