- Date
- January 14, 1963
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 53 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N802EDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191666
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 63/1/14 TAMPA,FLA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1534 N802E PX- 0 0 46 42, 17310 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 326 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAMPA INTL OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- LEFT LNDG GEAR STRUT CYLINDER FAILED. CYLINDER HAD BEEN OVERHAULED 11 HRS PREVIOUSLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N802E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tampa Intl
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