- Date
- June 18, 1966
- Place
- Melbourne, FL · MELBOURNE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 9 minor, 78 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8136NBoeing B-727
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0040 66/6/18 MELBOURNE FLA BOEING B-727 CR- 0 1 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1500 N8136N PX- 0 0 82 46, 7092 TOTAL HOURS, 965 DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PILOT INADVERTENTLY ENTERED TOP OF RAPIDLY BUILDING CUMULUS CLOUD.FASTEN SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8136N
- Reported as
- Boeing B-727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage