- Date
- February 8, 1965
- Place
- Jones Beach Li, NY · JONES BEACH LI, NY
- Injuries
- 84 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N849DDouglas DC-7B
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181694
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0001 65/2/8 NR.JONES BEACH LI NY DOUGLAS DC-7B CR- 5 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1826 N849D PX- 79 0 0 41, 12607 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 595 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- N849D CRASHED INTO ATLANTIC OCEAN AFTER NEAR MID-AIR COLLISION N707PA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N849D
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jf Kennedy Intl
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