- Date
- January 16, 1977
- Place
- Baltimore, MD · BALTIMORE, MD
- Injuries
- 7 serious, 15 minor, 79 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N904CLDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157049
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0013 77/1/16 BALTIMORE,MD DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 7 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1748 N904CL PX- 0 6 87 50, 18200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 8200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BWI OPERATOR - CAPITOL AIRWAYS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN JUAN,PR NEW YORK,NY BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: DISC, COMPRESSOR ROTOR PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. COPILOT - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- INJURIES OCCURRED DURING EVACUATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N904CL
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Bwi
N904CLRegistration cancelled May 17, 2013 · Douglas DC-8-33Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-33Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT4A-3&5SER
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.