- Date
- December 4, 1963
- Place
- Lakeland, FL · LAKELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 69 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8601Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111990
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0072 63/12/4 NR.LAKELAND,FLA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1708 N8601 PX- 0 1 62 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1276 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT DID NOT EXERCISE TIMELY PRECAUTION IN AREA OF KNOWN TURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8601
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage