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DCA76AZ010

1975-11-12 · JAMAICA, New York, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1032F has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BELL OH-58A), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
DOUGLAS DC-10 · N1032F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Airport
JFK INTL

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
160° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000046826
Total time
8,193 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
25,000
Age
55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IRE.

Investigator remarks

INGESTED SEA GULLS.#3 ENG DISINTEGRATED,CAUGHT F

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KB C
    POWERPLANT BIRD INGESTION Cause
  • 88/C/51 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause
  • 88/B/38 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDRAULIC FAILURE
  • 70/B/CJ B
    AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
  • 88/B/44 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS THRUST-UNABLE TO REVERSE
  • 80/B/BA B
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
  • 68/L/H3 L
    PERSONNEL IMPROPER OPERATION OF FACILITIES
  • 68/L/J6 L
    PERSONNEL OTHER
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0021. Source file NTSB_1975_1_0021.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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