New York - Frankfurt - Jeddah

On November 12, 1975 at 01:10 PM, New York - Frankfurt - Jeddah experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-10, operated by Overseas National Airways - ONA, with the event recorded near New York-JFK New York.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

139 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 139 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 128, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. The airplane was engaged in a positioning flight from New York to Jeddah via Frankfurt, carrying ONA employees only. The aircraft taxied to runway 13R and commenced takeoff at 13:10. Shortly after accelerating through 100 knots, but before reaching the V1 speed, a flock of birds were seen to rise from the runway. The aircraft struck many birds and the takeoff was rejected. Bird strikes had damaged the no. 3 engine's fan blades, causing rotor imbalance. Fan-booster stage blades began rubbing on the epoxy micro balloon shroud material; pulverized material then entered into the engine's HPC area, ignited and caused the compressor case to separate. A fire erupted in the right wing and no. 3 engine pylon. The aircraft couldn't be stopped on the runway. The pilot-in-command steered the aircraft off the runway onto taxiway Z at a 40 knots speed. The main undercarriage collapsed and the aircraft came to rest against the shoulder of the taxiway. The successful evacuation may be partially attributed to the fact that nearly all passengers were trained crew members.

Aircraft reference details include registration N1032F, MSN 46826, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.6429°, -73.7794°.