- Date
- December 23, 1971
- Place
- No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 142 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8613Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164533
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0045 71/12/23 NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1340 N8613 PX- 0 0139 54, 29000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE WITH NO WARNING OR INDICATION.AUTOPLT ENGAGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8613
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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