- Date
- December 1, 1974
- Place
- Gordonsville, VA · GORDONSVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 97 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8123NBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141157
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0036 74/12/1 NR.GORDONSVILLE,VA BOEING 727 CR- 0 1 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1050 N8123N PX- 0 0 92 39, 10500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MIAMI,FLA WASHINGTON,DC ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- F/A UNDERESTIMATED FIRST OFFICERS WARNING,DELAYED IN RETURNING TO SEAT.THROWN AGAINST CEILING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8123N
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage