- Date
- May 11, 1990, 12:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Jamaica, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N381MQShort Brothers SD3-60-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900511018329A
- Case key
- 36531
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Probable cause
Pilot factor in that the pilot taxied into a hold position that was too close to a departing B-747, which resulted in the a/c being blown into a blast fence. Contributing was the lack of available information from the aircraft manufacturer which would have given the flight crew additional information from which to base their decision on the placement of the airplane behind the departing 747.
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.
Analysis
Flight 335 a SD3-60 was cleared to taxi into position and hold behind a departing B-747-400. As flight 335 taxied forward of the hold line. The pilot lost control of the airplane and was blown into the blast fence by the thrust of the departing airplane. The PIC had 44 hours in type with 10 hours as PIC and had previously been an ATR-42 f/o. the SIC had 49 hours in type and came from general aviation. Short brothers, the manufacuturer was queried as to the effect of high velocity wind on the airplane. They stated a wind of approximately 70 KTS perpendicular to the fuselage could upset the airplane. This information was not available to the pilots in the flight manual or the operator. The company had a crew paring policy prohibiting the pairing of two low time crewmembers together. This was waived by the vp flight for the crew only positioning flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N381MQ
- Reported as
- Short Brothers SD3-60-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- SH3703
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-65AR, 1,425 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Command Airways, doing business as American Eagle
- Registered owner
- U.S. West Financial Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- JFK · Jamaica, NY
- Destination
- POU · Poughkeepsie, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JFK · John F. Kennedy
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 44 in this make and model · 1,965 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 22 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JFK, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.