- Date
- February 17, 1964
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 69 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8607Douglas DC-8B
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184813
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0073 64/2/17 NR.SAN JUAN PR DOUGLAS DC-8B CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TIME - 1806 N8607 PX- 0 0 62 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8607
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- San Juan
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