Boeing 747-230 DABYO

Summary

On 18 January 1984 at about 22:01 local time, a Boeing 747-230 registered DABYO, operated by Lufthansa Airlines, was involved in an incident near Jamaica, New York, United States. 7 people were on board. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 January 1984 at 22:01

Classification

Incident

Location

Jamaica, New York, United States

Nearest airport

John F. Kennedy Int'l (JFK)

Coordinates

40.6494, -73.7900

Aircraft

Boeing 747-230

Registration

DABYO

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Lufthansa Airlines

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Frankfurt, Germ.

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC84IA071

Injuries not recorded.

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

AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, RWY 31L WAS THE ONLY ACTIVE RWY. APRX 9 SNOW REMOVAL VEHICLES WERE BEING USED TO REMOVE SNOW FROM RWY 4L/22R. THE VEHICLE DRIVERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 31L, THEN BOEING 747, D-ABYO, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. THE PLT BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF, BUT NOTED THAT A CAR WAS APPROACHING THE RWY. HE INITIATED AN ABORTED TAKEOFF. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THOUGHT RWY 31L WAS CLOSED. BEFORE ENTERING THE RWY, HE SAW THE ACFT & APPLIED BRAKES, BUT THE CAR SLID ONTO THE RWY. THE ACFT & CAR DID NOT COLLIDE, BUT JET EXHAUST FROM THE ACFT OVERTURNED THE CAR & INJURED THE OCCUPANTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.