# NTSB FTW62A0072: Boeing 720, N8706E, New Orleans, LA, August 30, 1962

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 30, 1962
- Place: New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 43 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 9, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 143052
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW62A0072
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW62A0072

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0044  62/8/30    NEW ORLEANS,LA      BOEING 720          CR-  0  0  8  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0927                    N8706E              PX-  0  0 35                            47, 20200 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            552 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MOISANT
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BOSTON,MASS                 HOUSTON,TEX                  NEW ORLEANS,LA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- UNDERSHOT LDG. GR STRUCK 9 INCH HI CONCRETE RWY LIP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8706E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8706E-1969-09-26), registration cancelled 1969-09-26, S/N 18160 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 720
- Registry model: [Boeing 720-025](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-720-025) (registry code 1383818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Moisant

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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