- Date
- May 27, 1979
- Place
- Bogot, Colombia · BOGOT, Colombia
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 134 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N814BNDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136498
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0006 79/5/27 BOGOTA,COLOMBIA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1045 N814BN PX- 0 4125 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELDORADO INTL OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BOGOTA,COLOMBIA MIAMI,FL PANAMA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: OTHER PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- ENG TORCHED,PAX PANICKED & JUMPED FROM ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N814BN
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Eldorado Intl