Boeing 747 N604US

21 November 1974 · Jamaica, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 November 1974 at about 08:39 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N604US, operated by Northwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Jamaica, New York, United States. 22 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: 21 November 1974 at 08:39
Classification: Accident
Location: Jamaica, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Jf Kennedy Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N604US
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Manila, Rp
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0037

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
22	0	0	0	22

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

ALTERNATE TAXIWAY CLOSED DUE CONSTRUCTION.COPILOT WATCHING R WING TIP.HIT RUDDER N8975E.

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 1-0037, 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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