Boeing 747 CS-TJB

17 September 1973 · Jamaica, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 September 1973 at about 19:40 local time, a Boeing 747 registered CS-TJB, operated by Other-Foreign Flag Carrier, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Jamaica, New York, United States. 180 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 September 1973 at 19:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Jamaica, New York, United States
Nearest airport: John F Kennedy
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: CS-TJB
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Other-Foreign Flag Carrier
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Lisbon, Portugal
Aircraft damage: Minor
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: C-0001

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
180	0	0	0	180

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

JUMBO JET MADE WIDE TURN.TAXIED ACROSS UNLITED AREA.STRUCK WINDSOCK.PORTUGUESE AIRWAYS.

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 C-0001, 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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