- Date
- August 20, 1973
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL · BELLE GLADE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 80 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N821EDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189820
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0021 73/8/20 NR.BELLE GLADE,FLA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1640 N821E PX- 0 1 73 42, 13298 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1997 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOS ANGELES,CALIF SAN JUAN,PR NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N821E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N821ERegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Douglas DC-8-51Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-51Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B
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