Douglas DC-8 N8960T

23 June 1973 · Jamaica, New York, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 23 June 1973 at about 02:58 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N8960T, operated by Other-Foreign Flag Carrier, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Jamaica, New York, United States. 128 people were on board and 8 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 June 1973 at 02:58
Classification: Accident
Location: Jamaica, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Jfk Intl Arpt
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N8960T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Other-Foreign Flag Carrier
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Stockholm, Sweden → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: A-0003

People

8 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
128	0	8	0	120

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

ARMED JUST BFR TOUCHDOWN.LOFTLEIDER AIRLINES. COPILOT-INADVRTNLY DPLYD GND SPOILERS WHILE ARMING

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 A-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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