# NTSB UNK65X0940: Boeing 727, N1971, New York, NY, December 6, 1964

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 6, 1964
- Place: New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Location: 40.7143° N, 74.0060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7143&lon=-74.0060&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 94 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 5, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181675
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0940
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0940

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-0047   64/12/6 NR.NEW YORK NY        BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TIME - 1300                    N1971               PX-  0  0 87
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1971](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1971-2003-05-21), registration cancelled 2003-05-21, S/N 18427, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-23](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (registry code 1384004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.