# NTSB UNK64X1214: Boeing-707 139, N779PA, Jamaica, NY, April 7, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: April 7, 1964
- 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: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 16 serious, 32 minor, 97 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 25, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185603
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1214
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1214

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0052   64/4/7    JAMAICA NY          BOEING-707 139      CR-  0  1  8  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2303                    N779PA              PX-  0 15121                            47, 14629 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            711 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JF KENNEDY
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N779PA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N779PA-1967-05-25), registration cancelled 1967-05-25, S/N 17904 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING-707 139
- Registry model: [Boeing 707-139](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-139) (registry code 13836OV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Jf Kennedy

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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