- Date
- December 28, 1978
- Place
- Portland, OR · PORTLAND, OR
- Injuries
- 10 fatal, 23 serious, 50 minor, 106 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8082UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1979
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79676
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0017 78/12/28 PORTLAND,OR DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 2 2 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1815 N8082U PX- 8 21152 52, 27638 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 5517 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEW YORK,NY PORTLAND,OR DENVER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOLDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS COPILOT - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PERSONNEL - FLIGHT ENGINEER: OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-4 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OTR CRW MEMBERS FAILED TO CONVEY CONCERN ABOUT FUEL EXH TO PIC UNTIL ACDNT WAS INEVITABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8082U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Portland Intl
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