- Date
- October 30, 1964
- Place
- New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Injuries
- 88 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8609Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180567
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0041 64/10/30 NEW YORK NY DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1219 N8609 PX- 0 0 81 UNK/NR, 25765 TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3133 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - KENNEDY INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: FROM LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8609
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Kennedy Intl
N8609Registration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Douglas DC-8-21Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-21Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT4A-3&5SER
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