- Date
- January 8, 1965
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 90 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8781Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180438
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0034 65/1/8 SAN JUAN PR DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2241 N8781 PX- 0 0 83 55, 26500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3516 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PUERTO RICO INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- RT MAIN LANDING GEAR AXLE BEAM P/N 5819123-4 FAILED DURING TAXI.TOTAL AXLE SERVICE HOURS-8943.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8781
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Puerto Rico Intl