- Date
- January 25, 1968
- Place
- No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 minor, 186 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4904CDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112135
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0068 68/1/25 NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0207 N4904C PX- 0 1183 57, 20000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST 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 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- WEA PROG CHART INACCURATE AS TO LOCATION OF CB CLOUDS AND TURB INTENSITY. RADAR DIDNT SHOW RETURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4904C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage