- Date
- July 31, 1973
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 88 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N975NEDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79664
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0011 73/7/31 BOSTON,MASS DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 6 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1008 N975NE PX- 82 1 0 49, 14840 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1457 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURLINGTON,VT BOSTON,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNSTBL ILS APCH,DSCNDD THRU DH.LWRG CIGSEVSBY,SEA FOG.QNBL F/D DSPL.NONSTNDRD ATC SVCS.HIT SEAWALL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N975NE
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Logan Intl
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