- Date
- March 2, 1968
- Place
- Appleton, OH · APPLETON, OH
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 89 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8161GBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0006 68/3/2 NR.APPLETON,OHIO BOEING 727 CR- 0 2 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1241 N8161G PX- 0 0 85 45, 18490 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1380 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- ON TOP OF OVC,VIS UNRSTD.TFC ADVY ISSUED,UNID ACFT 2 MI.ACFT 1ST SEEN BY N8161G CREW AT ABOUT 1 MI
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8161G
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage