- Date
- March 18, 1970
- Place
- Guayaquil, Ecuador · GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 72 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1803Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0004 70/3/18 NR.GUAYAQUIL,ECUADOR DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0215 N1803 PX- 0 1 64 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BUENOS AIRES,ARGENT MIAMI,FLA TOCUMEN,PANAMA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PAX FELL AND BROKE ANKLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1803
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N1803Registration cancelled Apr 13, 2017 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-62Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-8-62Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D series
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Other investigations on N1803 · 1
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