- Date
- April 17, 1966
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 90 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5509Lockheed L-188
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172022
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0016 66/4/17 CHARLOTTE NC LOCKHEED L-188 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1845 N5509 PX- 0 0 85 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SMOKE IN COCKPIT FUMES IN CABIN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5509
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage