- Date
- November 12, 1975
- Place
- Raleigh, NC · RALEIGH, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 7 minor, 131 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8838EBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79522
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0022 75/11/12 RALEIGH,NC BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2002 N8838E PX- 0 1130 45, 5986 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1724 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALEIGH-DURHAM OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MIAMI,FL WASHINGTON,DC RALEIGH,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- LOST SIGHT OF RWY ENVIRONMENT DRG HVY RAIN BLO DH, FAILED TO EXECUTE MISSED APCH.HIT 282FT SHORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8838E
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Raleigh-Durham
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