- Date
- September 10, 1980
- Place
- Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 84 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N415EADouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800910070019I
- Case key
- 128455
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0015 80/9/10 NORFOLK,VA DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0818 N415EA PX- 0 0 79 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,VA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- DUTCH ROLL/WEAVE TYPE OSCILLATION ENCTRD DRG CLB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N415EA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N415EARegistration cancelled Jul 3, 2001 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N415EA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.