- Date
- May 1, 1969
- Place
- Nashville, TN · NASHVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 38 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8139NBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79471
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0033 69/5/1 NR.NASHVILLE,TENN BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0643 N8139N PX- 0 0 32 51, 24000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 982 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHICAGO,ILL SARASOTA,FLA NASHVILLE,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- NR 7 SLAT FAILED AT ROD END. SLAT SEPARATED. PLT LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8139N
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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