- Date
- May 5, 1969
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 28 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8703EBoeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173022
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0038 69/5/5 NR.MIAMI,FLA BOEING 720 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0452 N8703E PX- 0 0 21 52, 23046 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 930 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- IN FLT FIRE NR 3 ENG. PLT SHUT ENG DOWN AND LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8703E
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage