- Date
- May 11, 1969
- Place
- St.Louis, MO · ST.LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8904EDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0034 69/5/11 NR.ST.LOUIS,MO DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1630 N8904E PX- 0 0 0 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. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TENN ST.LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- NR 2 ENG FUEL NOZZLE FAILED. HOLE BURNED IN COWLING. PLT LANDED OK. NR OF PAX ABOARD UNREPORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8904E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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