- Date
- September 15, 1985, 17:14 local (21:14 UTC)
- Place
- Jamaica, NY
- Injuries
- 507 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N780TBoeing 747-130
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35626
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Flare - misjudgedCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The acft was making a visual app to rwy 31R at Jamaica NY waen the bottom of the aft 60 ft of the fuselage made ground contact. The left outflow valve was scraped and the rear drain mast was separated. Part of the apr access door and several stringers & formers were damaged. Internal damage is being evaluated. Damage started at station 2080 & extended to the gear past sta 2742.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N780T
- Reported as
- Boeing 747-130
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19746
- Airframe hours
- 48,772
- Engine
- P&W JT9D, 46,150 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Transamerica Airlines
- Registered owner
- Gatx Leasing Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- LSZH · Zurich, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JFK · Jfk Int'L Airport, runway 31R, 10,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 159 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JFK, 1 nm away