- Date
- February 27, 1966
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 97 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N814PADouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174032
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0018 66/2/27 NEW ORLEANS LA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2113 N814PA PX- 0 0 90 43, 18316 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 173 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOISANT FIELD OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - MISJUDGED SPEED COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- FIRST OFFICER WAS FLYING ACFT FROM RIGHT SEAT POSITION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N814PA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moisant Field