- Date
- August 7, 1977
- Place
- Varadero, Cuba · VARADERO, Cuba
- Injuries
- 10 serious, 13 minor, 104 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N812BNDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146793
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0016 77/8/7 NR.VARADERO,CUBA DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 2 7 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1540 N812BN PX- 0 8110 52, 23531 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2542 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BOGOTA,COLUMBIA MIAMI,FL PANAMA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N812BN
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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