# NTSB NYC84IA071: Boeing 747-230, Jamaica, NY, January 18, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Serious injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: January 18, 1984, 17:01 local (22:01 UTC)
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Coordinates: 40.649391, -73.789955 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6494&lon=-73.7900&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 3 minor, 3 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious, 3 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35440
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84IA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35440/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84IA071

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Propeller blast or jet exhaust/suction, takeoff
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - instructions,written/verbal - not understood, driver of vehicle (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, driver of vehicle (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, RWY 31L WAS THE ONLY ACTIVE RWY. APRX 9 SNOW REMOVAL VEHICLES WERE BEING USED TO REMOVE SNOW FROM RWY 4L/22R. THE VEHICLE DRIVERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 31L, THEN BOEING 747, D-ABYO, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. THE PLT BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF, BUT NOTED THAT A CAR WAS APPROACHING THE RWY. HE INITIATED AN ABORTED TAKEOFF. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THOUGHT RWY 31L WAS CLOSED. BEFORE ENTERING THE RWY, HE SAW THE ACFT & APPLIED BRAKES, BUT THE CAR SLID ONTO THE RWY. THE ACFT & CAR DID NOT COLLIDE, BUT JET EXHAUST FROM THE ACFT OVERTURNED THE CAR & INJURED THE OCCUPANTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: DABYO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-230
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21592
- Engines: GE CF6-50E2 52500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Lufthansa Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: EDDF, FRANKFURT,GERM., OF
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: JFK, John F. Kennedy Int'L, runway 31L, 14,572 × 150 ft, snow

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 13,977 total, 1,034 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JFK

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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