Lockheed 1049G N7115C

26 January 1966 · Jamaica New York, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 January 1966 at about 20:00 local time, a Lockheed 1049G registered N7115C, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the taxi phase of flight near Jamaica New York, New York, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 January 1966 at 20:00
Classification: Incident
Location: Jamaica New York, New York, United States
Nearest airport: John F Kennedy
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed 1049G
Registration: N7115C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0003

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

N7115C WAS BEING TAXIED TO HANGAR BY MECHANICS.FAILED PART-SHOCK STRUT P/N 9054-2.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 4-0003, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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