- Date
- July 16, 1965
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 85 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8118NBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0020 65/7/16 CHICAGO ILL BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AGE UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL TIME - 0648 N8118N PX- 0 0 79 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8118N
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Ohare
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