Serious incident Boeing 747-230 D-ABYO, Wednesday 18 January 1984

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Date:	Wednesday 18 January 1984
Time:	18:01 LT
Type:	Boeing 747-230
Owner/operator:	Lufthansa Airlines
Registration:	D-ABYO
MSN:	21592/347
Year of manufacture:	1978
Engine model:	GE CF6-50E2
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Serious incident
Location:	New York-JFK Airport, NY - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Frankfurt, GERM.
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

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.

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