- Date
- December 14, 1974
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 38 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8152GBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146421
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0022 74/12/14 HOUSTON,TEX BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1818 N8152G PX- 0 0 32 45, 14000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - INTERCONTINENTAL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA HOUSTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT ENGINEER: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: OTHER WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 69 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT WIPER,ACFT RAIN REPELLANT SYS INOP.CP MADE APCH,FE MONITORED.HIT TREES 5000FT FROM RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8152G
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Intercontinental