- Date
- December 3, 1980
- Place
- Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N864FTDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801203088599I
- Case key
- 128456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0016 80/12/3 ATLANTA,GA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1325 N864FT PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ATLANTA INTL OPERATOR - FLYING TIGER LINE,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: GROUND TAXI FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING REMARKS- UPPER CROSS TUBE END TAPER PIN,PIN 4716811-501,WASHER,PIN AN975-9,& NUT,NAS 1022A9,MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N864FT
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Atlanta Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.