De Havilland DHC-6 N558MA

Summary

On 15 July 1969 at about 06:57 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N558MA, operated by New York Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Jamaica, New York, United States. 14 people were on board and 3 died, 6 were seriously injured, 5 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 July 1969 at 06:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Jamaica, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Jfk Intl

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC-6

Registration

N558MA

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

New York Airways, Inc.

Phase of flight

Takeoff

Route

S → Newark, Nj

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

1-0020

3 people died.

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

PLT 12 MIN BEHIND SCHEDULE, MADE INTERSECTION T/O.TWR WARNED OF WAKE TURB FROM RECENTLY DEPART JET.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.