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| Title: | Runway overrun, Airlift International, Inc., McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-63F, N6161A, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York, September 20, 1975 |
| Micro summary: | This Douglas DC-8-63F overran the runway on takeoff and collided with lighting equipment. |
| Event Time: | 1975-09-20 at 0355 EDT |
| File Name: | 1975-09-20-US.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) |
| Publishing Country: | USA |
| Report number: | NTSB-AAR-76-11 |
| Pages: | 18 |
| Site of event: | Takeoff; Runway 22L; struck 22L ILS components, 4R lighting |
| Departure: | John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York, USA |
| Destination: | Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, USA |
| Airplane Type(s): | Douglas DC-8-63F |
| Flight Phase: | Takeoff |
| Registration(s): | N6161A |
| Operator(s): | Airlift International |
| Type of flight: | Revenue |
| Occupants: | 4 |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 4 |
| Other Injuries: | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | About 0355 EDT on September 20, 1975, Airlift International, Inc., Flight 101, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-63F, struck components of the runway 22L instrument landing system, the runway 4R automatic landing system flasher, and the runway 4R field monitor while taking off from runway 22L at the John F. Kennedy International Airport at Jamaica, New York. The accident occurred during the hours of darkness and reduced visibility. The takeoff was made on an 8,400-foot runway using calculations for a takeoff on a 11,352-foot runway. The four occupants aboard were not injured. The aircraft was damaged slightly and several navigation aid ground components were destroyed. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the captain's decision to use a runway that was too short for the aircraft's takeoff performance capability under existing load and weather conditions. As a result, the aircraft struck obstacles beyond the departure end of the runway before it began to climb. The flightcrew had failed to use available data which would have informed them that the runway was not long enough for the takeoff. |
| Learning Keywords: | Operations - Runway Overrun |
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