# NTSB NYC87IA106: Boeing 727-225A, N802EA, Jamaica, NY, March 11, 1987

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1987, 19:14 local (Mar 11, 1987, 00:14 UTC)
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Coordinates: 40.649013, -73.790504 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6490&lon=-73.7905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 127 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30527
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87IA106
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30527/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87IA106

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - clearance - not maintained, driver of vehicle (cause)

## Analysis

AS EA32 TAXIED FROM A STOPPED POSITION ON TAXIWAY NA BETWEEN THE OUTER AND INNER TO THE EASTERN RAMP, A U.S. POSTAL TRACTOR WITH AN EMPTY BOX TRAVELING NE FAILED TO YIELD TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THEY COLLIDED ON THE SERVICE ROAD AND TAXIWAY NA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N802EA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-225A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: QA668
- Airframe hours: 19862
- Engines: P&W JT8D-9 14500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Eastern Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner: Connecticut National Bank
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: TPA, TAMPA, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: JFK, John F. Kennedy Int'L

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 14,320 total, 70 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19870310021219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870310021219I), Mar 10, 1987: Boeing 727225, New York, NY, Minor damage. As aircraft was taxing to the gate after landing, a tractor trailer struck the right wing.

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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