# NTSB CHI68A0079: Boeing 727, N8161G, Appleton, OH, March 2, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: March 2, 1968
- Place: Appleton, OH · APPLETON, OH
- Location: 40.2092° N, 82.6163° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Appleton, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2092&lon=-82.6163&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 89 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 18, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79518
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0079
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0079

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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