Boeing 747 N665

19 September 1976 · Jamaica, New York, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 19 September 1976 at about 22:44 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N665, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Jamaica, New York, United States. 242 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 September 1976 at 22:44
Classification: Accident
Location: Jamaica, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Jfkennedy Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N665
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: American Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: San Juan, Pr → Jamacia, Ny
Aircraft damage: None
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0018

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
242	0	1	0	241

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

CREW STOPPED ACFT, ADVISED PAX TO BE SEATED. PLT RESUMED TAXI AFTER GREEN LT. PAX REFUSED TO SIT DN

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 1-0018, 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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