- Date
- November 9, 1963
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 15 minor, 111 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8603Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0013 63/11/9 NR.HOUSTON,TEX DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1502 N8603 PX- 0 1120 52, 24907 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2248 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNCONTROLLED ALTITUDE DEVIATIONS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE ENGINE TEARAWAY IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO HAIL OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DEGRADATION OF LONGITUDINAL STABILITY OF ACFT DUE PARTIAL EXTENDED PTC AND A.N.D.TRIM.NO.3 ENG SEP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8603
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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