- Date
- December 29, 1970
- Place
- Greensboro, NC · GREENSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 92 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N895EDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159500
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0061 70/12/29 GREENSBORO,NC DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1904 N895E PX- 0 0 88 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENSBORO REGION OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURGH,PA GREENSBORO,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- TWR GAVE PLT BRAKING ACTION GOOD BASED ON REPT FROM B-727 PLT 20 MIN PRIOR. TEMP DROPPED 5 DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N895E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Greensboro Region