- Date
- April 21, 1972
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 94 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8776Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165402
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0029 72/4/21 SAN JUAN,PR DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1903 N8776 PX- 0 0 85 50, 23445 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3845 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- HIT MAN ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8776
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- San Juan Intl